Comments on: The Failure of Foreign Aid http://ldsliberty.org/the-failure-of-foreign-aid/ Advancing the cause of liberty in light of the restored gospel. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:31:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rhone http://ldsliberty.org/the-failure-of-foreign-aid/#comment-323 Rhone Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:35:48 +0000 http://www.ldsfreemen.com/?p=1804#comment-323 There is nothing wrong with helping the truly needy. However, it has never been the government's place to shoulder the burden of charity. It is the hearts of men that must rise to the occasion. Anything else is false and immoral. There is nothing wrong with helping the truly needy. However, it has never been the government’s place to shoulder the burden of charity. It is the hearts of men that must rise to the occasion. Anything else is false and immoral.

]]> By: Darren Andrews http://ldsliberty.org/the-failure-of-foreign-aid/#comment-322 Darren Andrews Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:14:40 +0000 http://www.ldsfreemen.com/?p=1804#comment-322 Good article, and the terrible policies usually pursued under the guise of the environment cause untold death in Third-World countries due to both the impact on the pocket of the person in the First World, as well as the knock-on effects of the policy itself (such as bio fuels sending food prices up which results in less food in the Third World). I think a successful government is one that protects fundamental rights, chiefly property - if it goes much beyond that then it begins to fail its purpose... Good article, and the terrible policies usually pursued under the guise of the environment cause untold death in Third-World countries due to both the impact on the pocket of the person in the First World, as well as the knock-on effects of the policy itself (such as bio fuels sending food prices up which results in less food in the Third World).

I think a successful government is one that protects fundamental rights, chiefly property – if it goes much beyond that then it begins to fail its purpose…

]]> By: Skyler Collins http://ldsliberty.org/the-failure-of-foreign-aid/#comment-321 Skyler Collins Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:18:36 +0000 http://www.ldsfreemen.com/?p=1804#comment-321 What exactly does government succeed at? I mean on behalf of "the people"... What exactly does government succeed at? I mean on behalf of “the people”…

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