blah blah blah charity begins at home blah blah
Apart from the fact that humanitarian aid is actually quite a nice thing to do, it also stimulates foreign demand for British goods and services which seems to me a fairly laudable aim.
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We apparently can't afford to look after ourselves
Fuck off with being 'quite nice;' two nations in Asia have squandered vast amounts of money developing and building nuclear weapons so the next war they have will be their last, when that money could have been slightly better spent addressing problems in their societies that create religious freaks like the Taliban and hardcore Hindu zealots resulting in maoist cunts, and probably some of the reasons why they hate each other so much, a culture of saturated in religion. I'll be fucked if my taxes get spent on that shite any more.
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Jahled Three shades of black, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:28,
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Much as I hate to agree with P.J. O'Rourke, funny though he is...
'If more politics is the answer, you're asking the wrong question.'
Have to say I'm with Jahled on this to a certain extent. Not a hardcore anti-taxation libertarian type by any means, but I do get sick of the bollocks that happens once the tax is taken.
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John Q Wagonwheel Spent, Tue 8 Feb 2011, 23:52,
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I presume youre talking about India and
Pakistan but as you dont mention any names I cant be sure. Firstly I must say that the Taliban originated and took power in Afghanistan, which although it borders Pakistan and shares many of the same problems is an entirely different political entity. It does not have a nuclear program or a space program as far as I know. As for the "maoist hindu" situation you describe, the closest parallel would be Nepal - Mao abolished religion in China btw - which again does not have a space program or a nuclear capability.
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