Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970225073038.11609B-100000@rccsun> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 07:34:42 +0700 From: Richard Tinsley <mailto:tinsley@AIT.AC.TH> Subject: Re: Foreign Aid To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
It is what is known as buying peace in the middle east. The Camp David Peace accord set the aid to Egypt as equal to the aid to Isreal. Having worked in Egypt for a total of 7 years I can accept a question concerning the effectiveness of the aid. A even more serious question would be the administrative cost of delivering the aid via the USAID bureaucracy. You might also note the close to 80% actually recycles and is spent in the US.Dick Tinsley
On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, David Johnson wrote:
> I was half listening to the radio when I heard an item about the
> foreign aid package for the next year. I had always known the foreign aid
> only amounts to about one percant of the budget but I never really paid
> much attention to where that amount went.
> The report said that some aid was being increased, notably to
> Russia and the Eastern European nations if I remember correctly. In
> total, I think it came to some 8 or 900 million dollars.
> What really astounded me, however, was the statement that the
> "traditional" aid to Isreal and Egypt would remain at about 3 BILLION
> dollars for Isreal and almost that much for Egypt.
> How was Egypt singled out of all the counties in that part of the
> world for all that money? Could a small country like Isreal even exist
> without that much money every year?
> I'm sure that most people on these lists are aware of this, but,
> it was big news to me, especially the comment about the "traditional" aid
> package as if, this wasn't something even discussed, it was just there
> and would be for all time.
> I have nothing against either of these countries, but, it did
> make me wonder hwo they came to be so lucky for so long.
> Dave Johnson
>