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Originally Posted by LiveUninhibited
The American government should send aid to no nation. American taxdollars should be spent to help Americans directly, or not be taken from Americans in the first place. If citizens or businesses want to get together to voluntarily raise money for Africa, then I applaud that.
What kind of republican is Bush, anyway? He has dramatically increased the size of the federal government while he cuts taxes, especially for the rich. He thinks that helps the economy?
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It's called supply side economics. I'm no economics major, but basically it's a theory that involves cutting taxes across the board, to include the rich, so that more goods can be bought, thus increasing tax revenue.
An example: A well-off guy buys himself a boat. He was able to afford it because he doesn't pay a crap load of taxes. Well, the people who made that boat, the people who made the materials for the boat, the company that sold the boat, all make money from this one purchase. To sum it up, people who have lots of money will put more money into the economy, which in turn "trickles down" to the middle and lower class citizens in one way or another.
As far as America being involved in Africa. Whether it be aid or priming the economies by investing in Africa's resources, it helps. Like I said, it's more than any other country has done. Would you rather the US not be involved at all? Like I've said before,
not being involved has proven to be worse for Africa.