Is the U.S. taxpayer responsible for half of Africa's AIDS problems?

Question

From the G8...

Leaders agreed to earmark $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, global diseases that have devastated African peoples and their economies.

$30 billion is from the U.S. Should the U.S. taxpayer agee to pay for half?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070608/ts_nm/g8_summit_dc;_ylt=Aq5NWDGybbcv4msauenWn1ys0NUE

Answer 1

Why doesn't the UN (useless nations) take care of this??

I always hear that America is hated by everyone, but it is amazing that as much as they hate us they will take our money.

As for the AIDS. We did not give it to them, and I do not understand these people do not have the strength to do farming or anything else but dam they can climb up on each other and knock out kids.

Answer 2

The US spends an aweful amount of money and other resources on expensive ventures which in all likelihood will bring no benefit to the ordinary American taxpayer. The war in Iraq alone is reported to be costing the US 1 billion US$ every 2.5 (two -and- a- half) days. What has the US got out of this misadventure since its start in year 2003? Nearly 4,000 US troops sofar killed, perhaps as many as 40,000 wounded and maimed, trillions of dollars sofar thrown down the drain, hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis blown to pieces ....
Surely if the same US can afford to spend US$ 30 billion on a mission which does not endanger one single US soldier but which can bring hope and better life to a whole continent, my guts tell me that makes much better sense for the US, for Africa and for humanity in general.

Answer 3

I think the US should give nothing. If we got as much as a thank you in return I might feel different. But no matter how much we give,to help them solve their self caused problem we will in the end be criticized because we didn't give enough. Besides we are really only extending the suffering in Africa by fighting AIDs. They have learned nothing over 20 years of this epidemic,they are still breeding like rabbits and having sex with everything that will stand still long enough. A large percentage of the children born in Africa are born with AIDS passed to them by their mothers,and many more will have it as soon as they reach sexual activity because they've learned nothing The best thing we could do for Africa is cut off all aid and let current AIDS patients die off as quickly as possible to limit its spread,then go in later and pick up the pieces and start over from scratch,that is the truly humanitarian thing to do in reality.

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Answer 4

Surely half of African AIDS wasn't caused by Americans' off on buggering vacations -- but even if it were so, only those individuals who did the buggering are responsible.

Our government has NO right to take our money and give it away, no matter the cause. If we, as citizens, think it's so important to do that -- we, as citizens, have every right to send our own, individual money, But we have no right to compel our fellow-citizens to support anybody else!

No matter what the thief does with the loot -- he's still a thief.

Answer 5

Well no we are not RESPONSIBLE for the disease itself

I will say though I do support this aid to save lives and help increase the standard of living in Africa. Making Africa wealthier and healthier can only benefit the world and America...so i see it more like a long term investment

Answer 6

Yes. We'll we could do nothing and let those diseases spread even faster and become more virulent like we did under Ronald Regan, who did absolutely nothing about HIV/AIDS until it was too late. But I think we've seen how letting dogma guide health policies worked out--global pandemic.

Answer 7

I wouldn't worry about any huge sums being sent. I think it's unlikely. The article also states: "But the declaration set out no specific timetable, saying the money would flow "over the coming years." Bush has promised aid before, but has not followed through on most of it.

In addition, the US only spends about 1/2 of 1% of the taxpayer dollar on foreign aid, believe it or not. Here is an article from Kipplingers and Yahoo on how tax dollars are spent:
http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/article/102817/How-Your-Tax-Dollars-Are-Spent

Answer 8

Our politicians are spending money like its free. We need a change. That could have been a 30 billion dollar tax cut.

Answer 9

what i´d like to know, is how they are spending this $30,000,000,000!

i mean, that´s a lot of money.... how come we never get to see how the money is used. i mean, i want to see some financial documents, of how all this money is being used... cuz i think we´re getting ripped off....

we´ve been giving billions to these nations for some time now, where the Flap does this money go.....

Answer 10

The US government has no problem taking OUR hard earned money and throwing it at other country's problems. It is both ineffective and (what should be) infuriating. It truly boggles the mind.