ending global poverty....
fuck foreign aid.... it does not work.... when eye was in college.... the united states gave billions of dollars to mexico.... to help them fix their problems.... then.... all of a sudden.... vail had a bunch of new home owners with mexican nationality.... hmmm.... where did all of that aid go.... did it really get into the hands of the poor.... did it really go to create systems to help the poor.... probably.... most likely.... most of it went to help the poor.... but.... eye have a feeling.... a lot of it ended up in the hands of the mexican leadership.... for their personal toys.... and a lot of it went to companies owned by the friends and families of the mexican government.... fuck foreign aid.... it rarely works....
rather than foreign aid.... eye am going to give certain countries a country income.... eye am going to give all of the citizens of certain countries a country dividend.... eye will not be able to afford to give all of them a country dividend.... right out of the gate.... the current budget for foreign aid is somewhere around one hundred and fifty billion dollars a year.... in my estimation.... that is enough.... to lift all of the citizens of three countries out of poverty.... so.... lets have all of the third world countries bid on the aid.... bid on having their citizens receive a country dividend.... rather than tell them what they have to do in order to recieve it.... like our governments and international organizations like to do.... rather than tell them what they have to do.... lets let the countries come up with their own plan.... and we can choose among the plans.... choose the three countries that come up with the best plans.... to help their citizens out of poverty.... and give the citizens of those countries a country dividend.... and then.... as those countries come out of poverty.... get them to begin to finance the country currency themselves.... and then use the funds to help three more countries....
this plan is not perfect.... it is far from perfect.... but it is far better than the current system of foreign aid in this country.... it puts the power in the hands of the citizens.... it puts money directly in the hands of the citizens.... it helps to create and grow the economy in these countries.... it allows free enterprise.... it allows the citizens.... to decide how things unfold.... rather than letting the leaders dictate how things unfold.... free enterprise ALWAYS does better than governments.... it allows thousands of citizens to come up with ideas.... and the best ideas float to the surface.... rather than restricting the idea factory.... to the few hundred decision makers at the head of the governments of these countries....
eye cannot end this chapter.... without saying.... that america owes it to third world countries.... we need to help them.... because we created the problem.... yes.... their leaders allowed it to happen.... but we created much of the problem in these countries....
as an example.... we have always been more technologically advanced than africa and south america.... our farming is much more efficient than thiers.... and rather than license our technology to them.... rather than teaching them how to farm.... we started dumping cheap product into their markets.... undercutting foreign farmers.... bankrupting them.... forcing thousands of people off of their farms.... and.... into the cities.... and.... with no jobs available.... we forced them into slums in the cities....
and now we have them trapped in poverty.... dependent on the global poverty system.... which destroys industry in these countries.... further exacerbating the problem.... if you want to find out about all of the ails of the foreign poverty system.... watch.... poverty inc.... it is an enlightening documentary about the global poverty industry....
in the documentary.... clinton.... admits.... that he fucked up.... that he made a deal with the devil.... his words.... no mine.... eye always liked clinton.... right here is an example of why.... he is willing to admit his mistakes.... but.... anyway.... the plan.... they thought it was a good plan.... sell cheap rice to haiti.... they thought.... if we sell them our cheap rice to them.... because we are more efficient at farming it.... we can get them off of the farms.... and.... quote unquote save the environment.... and.... they will move into the cities.... and.... we will create manufacturing jobs for them.... again.... quote unquote better jobs.... and.... guess what.... the manufacturing jobs never materialized.... and.... everyone LOST thier farms.... moved into shanty towns in the city.... and.... the poverty rate is still fifty-nine percent in haiti today.... they NEVER recovered.... now.... eye have all kinds of issues with this.... who determined that manufacturing jobs are BETTER than farming jobs.... OWNING.... your own farm.... and.... who determined that getting everyone off the farms.... was better for the environment.... oh ya.... prove it to me.... eye do NOT think it is.... AND.... living on a farm is FAR healthier than living in a big city.... eye am NOT going to get into all the reasons why right now.... but.... eye THINK living on a farm.... owning your own property.... being CLOSE to the land.... is a FAR better lifestyle than living in a large polluted densly populated city.... especially.... if you are going to live in a shanty town.... and.... have close to NO income..... AND.... they did NOT think of the externalities.... the unintended consequences.... you took someone who OWNED property and you made their property worthless.... you STOLE all of the wealth that they created.... and.... eye BET that whitey bought up all the land.... at rock bottom prices.... the hatians lost all thier wealth.... and.... it was probably a huge land grab for the outsiders....
now.... eye have another problem with the movie.... they offer solutions.... which seem better.... but eye do NOT think that they are much better.... it still involves whitey coming in on his white horse and saving the day.... my country dividend concept.... allows the citizens of a country to lift themselves out of poverty.... to create a better life for themselves....