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Everyone on aid programme
So David Cameron said yesterday he is going to give Pakistan £650million of tax payers money in aid, to help with schooling over there.
What do you think about this?
Do you think this is a good thing, that we are helping there country or do you think David Cameron could have used that money better for example to help all the services that are getting cut at the moment?
Leave a comment.
about 2 years ago
Kathy Marshall
Depends. If it was only going to be spent on something relatively useless like opera anyway, then why not spend it on teaching little kids to read, even if they're foreign?
Jennifer Stevens
I think this is crazy, yes there are children in other countries who should have a right to an education, but there are also people in our own country who cant afford to live a decent standard of life and cant afford to pay their bills because of the amount of rightfully earned money that is taken off them every pay day. Also, as we are a country in recession isn't it just common sense not to give... Read more
Amy Moseley
There's no reason why every child in this world shouldn't have the same level of education as what we do in the UK. Yes we are in a recession and I don't agree with a lot of the spending cuts, however Pakistan are a lot worse of than we are, so I can't fault the governmentfor their decision to do so.
Kathy Marshall
We're not actually as poor as politicians like to claim we are. But however skint Britain was, we'd still give aid. It's a political decision, we don't just do it out of the goodness our our hearts. Politicians do it because they think it will benefit Britain too, usually.
Demi Sharman
i think it is a good idea for our government in wanting to help out children in Pakistan but, rather than just sending loads of money they should sent out organisation too. They need to make sure that the money we give does benefit the children and not just some politiction in Pakistan.
I think it's already been mentioned somewhere on BSBM but the Government is enshrining into law that 0.7% of our GDP must go towards international aid. With many public services being slashed and council budgets being squeezed, is this right or should we be spending money at closer to home?
Personally, I think it's not only a moral duty but a fundamental right to give a percentage of our national... Read more
about 2 years ago