On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 02:14:22AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I would be a little bit less torqued about foreign aid and a lot more > sympathetic to the cause if the aid we were exporting wasn't a better deal > than what we keep. Did you know Iraq has national healthcare, and it's > currently paid for by US tax dollars? > Iraq also does not have a functioning economy. Now, you might argue that providing National healthcare is simply getting them addicted to it. Which I think is true. However, I think that in this case it is the right thing to do. It would be nice if there were a better way, but I doubt there is. Of course, once US aid stops, they will need to decide if they want to keep paying for it themselves. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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