tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post2271807830904298027..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: First AidAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46814077132806170392011-05-26T15:49:44.571-07:002011-05-26T15:49:44.571-07:00Nobby, that might very well be a desirable objecti...Nobby, that might very well be a desirable objective!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-3255426129524300522011-05-26T15:48:10.161-07:002011-05-26T15:48:10.161-07:00GW, as I said, using the example of Haiti, there w...GW, as I said, using the example of Haiti, there will always be situations where emergency aid is required. The other thing to consider, something touched on in the Spectator editorial, is that the more the government extracts in tax the less money is available for private charity donations, a form of aid that is genuinely altruistic.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-1665108235044406462011-05-26T15:44:10.714-07:002011-05-26T15:44:10.714-07:00Bill, I shall phone Pope David I in the morning wi...Bill, I shall phone Pope David I in the morning with details of your excellent proposal. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-31617713531990732212011-05-26T15:42:31.292-07:002011-05-26T15:42:31.292-07:00Jean Paul, no they are not. They do not have the ...Jean Paul, no they are not. They do not have the same status in this regard as French overseas territory.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18191304830367710272011-05-26T15:41:12.768-07:002011-05-26T15:41:12.768-07:00Harry, yes indeed.Harry, yes indeed.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72038185739676837842011-05-26T15:39:50.225-07:002011-05-26T15:39:50.225-07:00Calvin, I sometimes feel that politics is just a g...Calvin, I sometimes feel that politics is just a game, one where we, the spectators, can't be certain of the rules, can't be certain that there are any meaningful rules.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-54579744016863787112011-05-26T11:54:18.642-07:002011-05-26T11:54:18.642-07:00Good blog Ana. The foreign aid policy was protecte...Good blog Ana. The foreign aid policy was protected, I believe, because Mr Cameron decided that it was a way to avert some of the causes of terrorism in, say, Pakistan and elsewhere. Just how effective these things are are almost impossible to verify - I mean apart from the schools which do not exist - until ten or twenty years hence when success will mean that MI5 is not spending the largest portion of its secret budget spying on British Subjects.Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329815721904353534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28689171746523577872011-05-26T11:42:06.572-07:002011-05-26T11:42:06.572-07:00If foreign aid is a no-go, how then should denizen...If foreign aid is a no-go, how then should denizens of developed countries help those of less developed countries?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-77518099159994837862011-05-26T10:10:07.145-07:002011-05-26T10:10:07.145-07:00"£463 million Conscience Money" - a bit ..."£463 million Conscience Money" - a bit like paying for medieval indulgences really. <br /><br />So maybe at the next election we will all be promised a swift and sure entry to Heaven. Now that would be a really interesting election gambit.BilloTheWisphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221663524948086557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-80338720617456714102011-05-26T03:29:02.433-07:002011-05-26T03:29:02.433-07:00I am not sure I would put Pitcairn's aid in th...I am not sure I would put Pitcairn's aid in the category foreign aid. Aren't British Overseas Territory a part of Britain?Jean Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604470439372237292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-2507417851165799882011-05-26T00:42:16.163-07:002011-05-26T00:42:16.163-07:00Hi Ana,
The giving of aids to foreign countries a...Hi Ana,<br /><br />The giving of aids to foreign countries are primarily based on political considerations,<br />right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949573308782388848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-19827755419493155212011-05-25T16:52:55.460-07:002011-05-25T16:52:55.460-07:00It's obviously bribery that dare not openly sp...It's obviously bribery that dare not openly speak its name. I detest the pretentious posturing of these vermin professing commitment to open government while engaged in devious tricks and downright lies. Either the voting public is pragmatic enough to know about the facts of political life, or political practice should match political rhetoric. Corruption at the heart of government is eating democracy alive, and the gangrene stinks.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com