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isn't this a big reason why all the terrorist groups hate America (and the whole western world)? Lots of people think that they hate 'freedom', but they've even said before that the western world needs to start spreading the wealth. It seems like we've got endless amounts of money while there are countries with people who starve every day. And to say it's not your problem is just selfish.
and how are americans the least generous when americans give the most money?
Heres what i dont get. America started out as a poor nation, we had nothing, absolutely nothing. We progressed and became what we are today. What is stopping these other nations from doing the same.
Part of the reason is our current competitive advantage makes it impossible for them to compete, and the things they are good at we subsidize so they can't sell to us. For example, many third world countries have an absolute advantage when it comes to farming. They could sell us food and make a bundle of money, but they don't because we subsidize our farming industry. We give government hand outs to farmers so they can compete with 3rd world farmers. Also, in most industries we've developed competitive advantage to the point where they can't possibly compete without huge investments in capital, but since they are poor they cant easily afford those investments. Finally, we don't let 3rd world countries protect their markets from foreign trade. In other words, we prevent them from subsidizing their markets.
Quote from: Rampant on December 21, 2004, 07:07:46 PMHeres what i dont get. America started out as a poor nation, we had nothing, absolutely nothing. We progressed and became what we are today. What is stopping these other nations from doing the same.Part of the reason is our current competitive advantage makes it impossible for them to compete, and the things they are good at we subsidize so they can't sell to us. For example, many third world countries have an absolute advantage when it comes to farming. They could sell us food and make a bundle of money, but they don't because we subsidize our farming industry. We give government hand outs to farmers so they can compete with 3rd world farmers. Also, in most industries we've developed competitive advantage to the point where they can't possibly compete without huge investments in capital, but since they are poor they cant easily afford those investments. Finally, we don't let 3rd world countries protect their markets from foreign trade. In other words, we prevent them from subsidizing their markets. These are economic explanations for why some countries are better off than others. For a different, and more in depth, take on the issue check out Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393317552/qid=1103695302/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-5342276-9707832?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
Quote from: Don Rizzle on May 10, 2006, 03:16:12 AMiraq would just get annexed by iranThat would be a great solution. If Iran and the majority of Iraqi's are pleased with it, then why shouldn't they do it?
iraq would just get annexed by iran
Quote from: Needles Kane on December 21, 2004, 06:46:17 PMand how are americans the least generous when americans give the most money?i'm going to be nice and point out now for the 3rd time that I was refering to government sponsored foreign aid. This post has nothing to do with the amount of money U.S. citizens give away.
Quote from: Rampant on December 21, 2004, 09:57:00 AMWell technically America doesnt have to give shit to anyone, so they should be glad that were giving something.Absolutely. 3rd World countries don't need money; they need an industrial revolution.
Well technically America doesnt have to give shit to anyone, so they should be glad that were giving something.
Quote from: Mauzip a.k.a. Kerstman on December 21, 2004, 02:27:40 PMQuote from: Rampant on December 21, 2004, 09:57:00 AMWell technically America doesnt have to give shit to anyone, so they should be glad that were giving something.Absolutely. 3rd World countries don't need money; they need an industrial revolution.You need an education
no they need to start getting people to start to come in and build factories. i realize that we alredy have factories in some countries and they hacent had thier revolution. but the need factories, more factories. if they have more factories than the people who own them should reinvest the money into the community. i do realize this has a low chance of people willing to reinvest, but if that were to happen then they might have a chance. if they were to create their own industries than they will have more a chance. they do need to work harder because they missed when england and the us were having it. so there is a real small chance than they might do it.
Quote from: BigBDrugStores on December 23, 2004, 05:02:51 PMno they need to start getting people to start to come in and build factories. i realize that we alredy have factories in some countries and they hacent had thier revolution. but the need factories, more factories. if they have more factories than the people who own them should reinvest the money into the community. i do realize this has a low chance of people willing to reinvest, but if that were to happen then they might have a chance. if they were to create their own industries than they will have more a chance. they do need to work harder because they missed when england and the us were having it. so there is a real small chance than they might do it.dude, i appreciate that fact that you are at least fairly polite, but what your saying really makes very little sense. just building factories is not the answer to the third world problem. its not like we're playing Sim City, just throw in some industrial zones, and your city starts developing. i'm not going to get into the specifics on why this issue is so complicated mainly because i think my explanation would fall on def ears, but if you would like to understand the issue more a decent book is linked below:Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitzhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393324397/qid=1103865149/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-5342276-9707832?v=glance&s=books&n=507846another supposedly good book, but I haven't read is:The Mystery of Capitalism by Hernando de Sotohttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0465016154/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-5342276-9707832?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glancede Soto's book has been called "a blueprint for a new industrial revolution" and his work has been highly praised by most recent republican presidents including Nixon, Reagan, and Bush I. You can actually read the first chapter of the book here: http://www.ild.org.pe/eng/mystery_english.htm de Soto is founder and president of the ILD http://www.ild.org.pe/home.htm