The 108th Congress should
- abolish the U.S. Agency for
International Development and end
traditional government-to-government aid programs;
- withdraw from the World Bank and
the five regional multilateral development
banks;
- not use foreign aid to encourage or
reward market reforms in the
developing world;
- eliminate programs, such as
enterprise funds, that provide loans
to the private sector in developing countries and oppose
schemes that guarantee private-sector
investments abroad;
- privatize or abolish the
Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency,
and other sources of corporate welfare;
- forgive the debts of heavily
indebted countries on the condition that
they not receive any further foreign aid; and
- end government support of
micro-enterprise lending and non-governmental organizations.
If you had your choice between
making a charitable contribution to a starving victim of a Marxist
dictatorship, or giving your money to a Marxist dictator, would
you have to think very long before making your decision? The
federal government gives your tax dollars to oppressive
governments, money which too often never sees the hand of the
starving and oppressed.
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