Theos-Talk Archives (July 2002 Message tt00166)

If you have a source for your contention, could you identify & post the 
figures of the various countries which have received direct grants and 
loans forgiven for the last five years. Loans not forgiven are just loans 
that will be returned. The list of countries will make us understand who 
gets what.

When dealing with a large democracy, one cannot expect to buy votes. If the 
citizens of this country does not want to send aid to any particular 
country, all they need to do is to address the issue to their elected 
representatives. It is the congress which decides who gets what aid. I 
would be for eliminating all aid for all countries and spend the money on 
issues of interest to citizens in the US. Charity starts at home.

mkr

At 02:44 AM 7/16/02 -0400, Bart Lidofsky wrote:
> ramadoss@gbronline.com wrote:
> > > India is the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid payments. 
> India is
> > >also in the top 10 nations in how often it votes against the United
> > >Staetes in the United Nations.
> >
> > India is not the largest recipient of US Foreign Aid. It is fifth largest.
> > India is the largest democracy and hence votes on issues as it sees fit.
> > Should surprise no one.
>
> Are you including grants and loans, just one, or just the other. I
> believe that in straight grants, India is #1, but when you include
> loans, others come out on top. And, yes, India votes for issues as it
> sees fit. Which means that it sees fit to consider the United States an
> enemy, while happily taking the money from the citizens of the United
> States.
>
> Bart Lidofsky
>
>
>
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