Theos-Talk Archives (July 2002 Message tt00170)

ramadoss@gbronline.com wrote:
> 
> 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.

It turns out I was not entirely correct; India is not the #1 recipient
of US aid; it is the country that receives US aid that is #1 in voting
against the United States in the United Nations (this aid includes loans
that, theoretically speaking, will be repaid). Here is a cite:

http://www.heritage.org/library/backgrounder/bg1335.html

> When dealing with a large democracy, one cannot expect to buy votes. 

No. But, karmically speaking, when one accepts help from somebody, and
refuse to help them when they need it, then one is generating karma that
will have to be paid off at some point. It might be better not to accept
the help in the first place, karmically speaking.

> 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. 

Rather than assuming ignorance of the American political process, I
will assume that you are joking.

> 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.

That assumes that the American public is aware of the truth. They are
told that foreign aid "buys" support for the United States, and seldom
bother to look at the actual numbers.

Bart Lidofsky