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Old 11-28-2005, 10:29 AM
hmkpoker hmkpoker is offline
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Default Re: Why not steal money and give it to Africans?

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I'm quite sure he accomplised more long term good while there than if he had just saved his money for a few months and cut a check. When he left, the infrastructure he build and the knowledge he imparted reamained witht he needy. When a UN big bag of grain is gone, well, you need another big bag of grain.

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The people still need food, and the workers still need to get paid somehow (unless they're doing it entirely pro-bono, which would be pretty admirable).
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