Going over the Cliff

[ECSNorway]

Bob Schroeck wrote:

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There's no small amount of truth in that, Norway. The US has a pretty sad track record of backing the bad horse to keep the worse horse out of power, and as a side effect getting the best horse shot.

It's not even so much that, as the longer we keep sending them aid, the less impetus they have to, y'know, actually build a functioning economy, which is what the aid was supposed to be used -for-. If they know they can depend on us to keep sending them free stuff, why should they bother actually working to make their own?
A lot of those countries, for example, have trouble feeding themselves. Some could build a pretty good farm economy if they tried. But why bother, when the Yanks will just keep sending shiploads of grain and such?
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