should rich nations stop giving aid to poorer nations?

Answer 1

I don't see how the aid that's being given is improving anything.

Do we have any examples of aid leading to significant improvement and reduction of poverty?

Answer 2

More like they should start giving MORE aid to poorer nations. You might not be able to believe it but even if it happened hundreds of years ago EVERY SINGLE NATION HAS GONE THROUGH A STRUGGLE/HARD TIMES. Whether it is war for their nation,slavery, not alot of money, bad drinking water, ect. To not help another nation is like saying ok I have straight A's so why do I need to help a D student. At any given moment though you can end up right where that D student is so maybe you should take a little bit of your advantage and share with people less fortunate with you. So to answer your question NO rich nations need to keep aiding those not so rich nations until things get better maybe until the end of time.

Answer 3

Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. Give a man a fish and he eats for one day. Monetary aid only helps foster greed, crime, and dependency. Therefore, the only aide to poorer nations should be through voluntary efforts of people like the Peace Corps, church groups, and voluntary money contributions from citizens of the USA. Our government should not be contributing one dime of monetary aide to poorer nations. It just takes away from our citizens, teaches our citizens and those who are aided by our government to be dependent on our government for their livelihoods without vesting their own interests in their own well-being. The exception, of course, is for huge natural disasters wherein physical help, as well as monetary help is needed. But then, if you give of yourself and we give physical help, why do we need to give money? What is the money used for?

Have you noticed that every time there is a disaster, all that is wanted is money? It appears that necessities don't even make it to the people who need them because our government blocks the help. Review what happened after Katrina. The Mexican government sent mexican soldiers to Louisiana under the guise of "helping" the citizens. Then after the hurricane, the people who came into Louisiana to rebuild were Mexicans while the citizens were not permitted to return to their homes or had all kinds of obstacles placed in their way to rebuilding. We've lost site of our humanity and our true needs in favor of restrictions and refusals and allowing only government sponsored people to cheat the rest of us by diverting funds from their intended recipients.

Answer 4

Israel receive more than 20 billions $ each year from American taxpayers without their consent: 3.7B$ from the Congress Foreign Aid Program, 10B$ Free Loans Guarantee, and 6 to 10 B$ from USA Tax System Loophole as Charity money deducted from American JEWS Taxs to be sent to Israeli Settlements.

Answer 5

no. but the US should stop giving 5 billion a year to a country that claims to be independent and successful.

edit. some people feel the african countries policies should be changed. the need for a long term realistic plan is important,too many just basically wait for the next check,without having any goal other than that.

Answer 6

Well I was born in 1961 and our U.S government has given 14 million a year to Africa and nothing has changed there so yes I think they should prosper just like every other country that worked at prospering all they have to do is try for once-maybe something will change but it doesn't if you do nothing!

Answer 7

If they do (stop), the poorer nations will not make it. We live in the world that is so connected that any major social disaster in a region will negatively affect the rest of the world one way or another.

Answer 8

no i think instead of giving them money which is kept by the govt. officials (the govt's of these countrys live very well) we should pay our farmers to grow food and if the countrys don't want the food then let them starve.