“Conservatives used to have choice words for foreign aid. It was ‘money down a rathole’ (Jesse Helms), and it amounted to ‘putting Ghana over Grandma’ (Tom DeLay). These quips are not nearly as fine as the late Sir Peter Bauer’s opposition to ‘taxpayer’s money compulsorily collected…outside the area of volition and choice.’ Still, they are a lot better than the boasting of a pickpocket administration that has proudly committed 70 cents out of every $100 earned by an American to corrupt Third-World coffers. Bush, not content with ’spending three times as much on aid to Africa as the lowest figure during the Clinton years’—by the New York Time’s Nicholas D. Kristof’s approving estimation—has asked Congress to authorize a further $50 billion to fight AIDS in Africa.”



More about “‘The Heart of Darkness’ that is Africa,” and the futility of development aid, in my new WorldNetDaily column, “Yet More of Your Money Down the African Rathole.“ Comments are welcome here.