Bob said...
I think we should help poor people--but at the same time we Americans need to understand that we can't save the world--we don't have that power.
I agree. But the way we are trying to help the poor people of Mexico is dead wrong. Not only that, the government of Mexico is so corrupt it will not allow Americans to set up learning institutions in Mexico. LOTS of difficulty with our efforts to bring almost any country forward from poverty.
I keep looking at this issue, and I have begun to believe we should not provide extensive aid to any country outside of an international organization. I very strongly feel we need to be inside an international organization, and commit our money to that organization for distribution. And that organization must be committed to providing aid to countries without corruption. I believe it is clear I do not like the U.N., and that organization needs to be a democratic states organization, with a democratic voting structure. I DO NOT support the U.N.
But a truely significant change in the way we are providing aid. And baseline in this: we do not .. in the form of excess population that cannot be employed in the home country, take the problems the counties else where create with their policy. If a country has to many people to employ... they had darn well do something about it besides sending the people to the United States.