I find it amazing that people would actually think that if you forgive debt to a country (that the country isnt paying on anyway) that suddenly all of the kids will be fed. I never realized that numbers written down in a book were so important.
It's a good cause, though poverty is too pervasive to end. Forgiving its foreign debt really won't magically improve the country, though it's a good cause and I'm glad people are striving for something because it's better than nothing.
CDegeyter wrote:I find it amazing that people would actually think that if you forgive debt to a country (that the country isnt paying on anyway) that suddenly all of the kids will be fed. I never realized that numbers written down in a book were so important.
I agree. I dislike that they use the character/series to push an agenda.
This might be off topic for this thread, but I think using Bree and the LG15 set to push this message shows the whole thing has "jumped the shark."
CDegeyter wrote:I find it amazing that people would actually think that if you forgive debt to a country (that the country isnt paying on anyway) that suddenly all of the kids will be fed. I never realized that numbers written down in a book were so important.
Particularly when it's part of a Structural Adjustment Program.
aww, my political economy of poverty prof should so use this in teaching the class. it would be a far sight more interesting than the dozends of oxfam vids we watched haha