Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
Yes, I want to use other people's money. To be honest with you, I am reluctant to give all of my own, and, somehow, I don't think it would be enough anyway. I want to use your money, and everyone else's ... not all of it, but a reasonable amount. Maybe your standard of living will fall a little, but the standard of many other people would rise a lot. I think that's justification enough. So international aid by national governments working together is what is necessary in my view, and no-one can say it won't work, because it's never been tried - not seriously anyway.
Sure. Everyone's standard of living drops a little, and the desperately poor will get a little money. And next week, or next month, or next year, when all the money is gone and they are still desperately poor we'll do it all over again. Nothing is gained, but so much is lost. And the criminals, who prey on the poor, and the tyrants and dictators who prey on their own people, will get a little richer as they steal the money you so politely give them for redistribution. Great plan.