by Trapper John » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:27 am
wutang wrote:Stooo wrote:jp761 wrote:Red Okktober wrote:It's common knowledge that much of our foreign aid expenditure goes to ridiculous causes.
Ones I've read about recently, include picking up litter in Jordan, finding mates for tropical fish in Madagascar, putting on Shakespeare workshops in Ecuador, fashion shows in Paraguay, caring for the elderly in China, and funding an Ethiopian game show.
Are these countries so fucking useless, that they can't fund these things themselves?
Spot on. China ffs, that's ridiculous.
Look it up.
In reality, the UK gave no aid to China last year
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/com ... 91982.html
Another point to add is that for countries like the UK "foreign aid" is actually overseas investment (hence the use of the term 'development'). There is always some form of profit motive at the end of these investments, even if its just delevoping new markets for UK companies to invest.
For example:
finding mates for tropical fish in Madagascar,
Is tied up with this
The promised sands: could Madagascar be the new Maldives?
A much-anticipated island resort hopes to pioneer a new type of indulgent but adventurous beach break
...Protecting unique species will be a key goal for the operation, which will help fund the policing of sustainable fishing policies across a 15,000ha protected marine area... (Financial Times
Turning Madagascar into the next hot (money making) luxury destination means looking after all the weird and unique wildife which rich cunts will spend lots of money to go and look at.
Maybe instead of funding Madagascar's attempt at becoming a tourist hotspot, they should first have checked to see if tourists would want to go there.
The last I heard recently is that the island is being ravaged by the very worst form of bubonic plague and people are dropping like flies to this medieval disease.
Perhaps the money would be better spent on finding out why this is happening, how to alleviate the current situation and how to prevent it in future. I mean who wants to go to a place where you can pick up bubonic plague along with your tourist trinkets and baubles?
[quote="wutang"][quote="Stooo"][quote="jp761"][quote="Red Okktober"]It's common knowledge that much of our foreign aid expenditure goes to ridiculous causes.
Ones I've read about recently, include picking up litter in Jordan, finding mates for tropical fish in Madagascar, putting on Shakespeare workshops in Ecuador, fashion shows in Paraguay, caring for the elderly in China, and funding an Ethiopian game show.
Are these countries so fucking useless, that they can't fund these things themselves?[/quote]Spot on. China ffs, that's ridiculous.[/quote]
Look it up.
[quote]In reality, the UK gave no aid to China last year[/quote]
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-five-biggest-myths-surrounding-overseas-aid-9691982.html[/quote]
Another point to add is that for countries like the UK "foreign aid" is actually overseas investment (hence the use of the term 'development'). There is always some form of profit motive at the end of these investments, even if its just delevoping new markets for UK companies to invest.
For example:
[quote] finding mates for tropical fish in Madagascar,[/quote]
Is tied up with this
[quote] The promised sands: could Madagascar be the new Maldives?
A much-anticipated island resort hopes to pioneer a new type of indulgent but adventurous beach break
...Protecting unique species will be a key goal for the operation, which will help fund the policing of sustainable fishing policies across a 15,000ha protected marine area... (Financial Times[/quote]
Turning Madagascar into the next hot (money making) luxury destination means looking after all the weird and unique wildife which rich cunts will spend lots of money to go and look at.[/quote]
Maybe instead of funding Madagascar's attempt at becoming a tourist hotspot, they should first have checked to see if tourists would want to go there.
The last I heard recently is that the island is being ravaged by the very worst form of bubonic plague and people are dropping like flies to this medieval disease.
Perhaps the money would be better spent on finding out why this is happening, how to alleviate the current situation and how to prevent it in future. I mean who wants to go to a place where you can pick up bubonic plague along with your tourist trinkets and baubles?