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"But to get back to the original point of the thread, why are we giving aid to countries like China, I know they have extreme poverty but they are the richest country on earth in real terms. If they choose to buy American debt rather than educate or feed their own people why should we give them aid. The same with India, when you see children living on rubbish dumps but they can send rockets into space and we can't. I'm over simplifying  this but to all the ignorant bigots please explain why their taxes are given to other countries when this country has so many problems. They maybe smaller than the countries receiving aid but they mean a lot to those living here. "

Interesting questions Not sure what you mean by "they are the richest country on earth in real terms". They have the second biggest economy (to the USA) however there are a billion of them to share that money aruond, and given that some regions are richer than others it means that the other regions are still very very poor. Perhaps it's like asking Why do the gov't give money to inner London boroughs when London as a whole is very rich. Incidentally we gave 27 thousand pounds to china in 2012.

Perhaps it's the same in India - quite a lot of money now but huge inequalities and their national wealth may look big in total but is stretched across 1.2bn people. In a way you answered your own question - there are children living on rubbish dumps in extreme poverty.

How about another "outside your house" question If a rich family in your street never bought one of their kids any toys, would you want to buy that kid something to play with?

Won't one of the Downloads help?

Well said hightower. Many people who complain about international aid are those who also complain about migration from poor countries. Well if their countries had any money, if there were any opportunities, then they wouldn't be so desperate to get away.

We are like some rich middle ages family, living in a huge castle with all the starving hoards outside. We won't give them money for education or equipment to grow crops, and we object that they try to break into our grounds to take a share of what we have in abundance. We just spend our money on making the walls taller and stronger.

They say that travel broadens the mind, I think that some people have never been beyond Cleethorpes.

You add yourself to the member map from your own profile, rather than the map page itself.

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Odd that these are flying about. Anyone else getting them?

Keep the reports coming please

Cheers

Haha!

I was wondering how long it would take you to find this thread and denounce tapatalk

So you think these are acceptable?

Remember to add a write up and some photos to the front page

1st Post, well, actually, used to be a member here, many moons ago, and looks like my account got deleted.

The club moved away to this new messageboard and we all had to re-register, so don't take it personally! Your 'member since' date and post count are now copied to your new account. Interestingly you apparently originally joined 11 years ago tomorrow!