December 12, 2005

WOULDN'T WANT TAX DOLLARS TO SERVE THE WILL OF TAX PAYERS:

Bush plans overhaul of US foreign aid system (Guy Dinmore, December 11 2005, Financial Times)

World AidPresident George W. Bush’s administration is drawing up plans to carry out the biggest overhaul of the US foreign aid apparatus in more than 40 years in an attempt to assert more political control over international assistance, according to officials and aid experts.

The proposed reorganisation could lead to a takeover by the State Department of the independent US Agency for International Development. USAID was established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, managing aid programmes, disaster relief and post-war reconstruction totalling billions of dollars each year.

Critics in the aid community fear the reorganisation will lead to a politicisation of foreign assistance, where aid will become subordinated to the Bush administration’s drive to promote democracy.


These folks just have no concept of what America is, do they?

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 12, 2005 3:47 PM
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It's a job requirement they don't. But this is a good example of destroying a cozy "third payer" arrangement in which the Left customarialy thrives, and which it is dangerously dependent on for its continued survival.

Posted by: Luciferous at December 12, 2005 4:03 PM

"Critics in the aid community fear the reorganisation will lead to a politicisation of foreign assistance, where aid will become subordinated to the Bush administration’s drive to promote democracy."

Further analysis of this statement can be found in the latest cover story of ' Duh! ' magazine....

Posted by: Andrew X at December 12, 2005 4:38 PM

They fear democracy.
Because democracies take care of their populations (for the most part) and don't require aid. Or aid workers.
And there goes the cushy NGO gig, the Toyota SUV...

Posted by: Mikey at December 12, 2005 4:46 PM

Jacobins. Jacobins everywhere.

Posted by: David Cohen at December 12, 2005 5:36 PM

More confirmation of the greatness of George W. Bush!

Posted by: obc at December 12, 2005 6:35 PM

"These folks just have no concept of what America is, do they?"

No, man. They do have a concept - they think we are what they think we are. Know what I mean?

Posted by: Gawge at December 13, 2005 2:18 AM
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