Chie wrote:Gavin Scott wrote:Chie wrote:The Indian government thinks 'yay! we can get on with our $2 billion space program now without having to worry about the poor because the UK's looking after them'. Do you recognise the problem there?
Would I be correct or incorrect to surmised your point to be, "they don't care if their people die, so why should we?"?
Incorrect.
India is a democracy. I don't know if there's a more benevolent alternative to India's current ruling party, but the people are free to create one if there isn't. Then they can vote for it. Then they will receive help from within. Why would they bother whilst distant nations are doing the work for them? Our aid reinforces complacency with the status quo.
Meanwhile in the UK, guide dogs for the blind don't receive any government funding.
Of the 300 million (is it?) below the poverty line - real poverty, mark you - I suspect the idea of forming a political party is too far a path to expect them to tread. I don't know, though.
During the meanwhilst, as it were, what are we to do?
Nothing?
Re: guidedogs - well, as you've mentioned in the past (as have I), Britons are not shy about donating money to animal charities, and other charities in general. There isn't, as far as I know, a shortage in monies for the training of seeing dogs for the blind, so that's something of a red-herring.
