The popularity of Kiva ( http://www.kiva.org/app.php ) brings up an interesting question. What makes more sense, throwing good money after...well...maybe bad, or giving loans to industrious entrpreneurs in Africa who can stimulate the domestic economy?
Nietzsche would support Kiva before funding any of the mirade of give-away charities.
Im not saying its wrong to give to charities which merely treat the symptoms as opposed to cause, but as a matter of choice, in my mind, its not even close.
Buffet just gave a truckload of bucks to the Gates foundation which deals with disease in third world countries. I know some of the money goes into R&D, but all the same, I would have preferred every dime of it go to Kiva.
2006-11-20
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