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Cameron stop it all !

 

I see this on another forum,maybe you like this to read. It make sence to stop all this money go out of Uk.The peoples send ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ home each year, why give more ??

 

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Cameron: Overseas aid is taxpayers money not yours!

 

David Cameron is wrong to insist that the £9 billion ‘overseas aid budget’ should be “ring fencedâ€. At a time when the people of this country are facing great hardship, it is foolhardy to believe that he will have widespread support for delivering UK taxpayers money to countries such as Pakistan and China.

 

Notwithstanding the huge amount of taxpayers’ money that is being committed in our name, we all know that a good deal of this money is squandered, you only have to look at some of the brand new 4×4 vehicles that are driven by Government officials in some African countries, while their people starve. More often than not, these vehicles are paid with using foreign aid; this is hardly a success story.

 

Furthermore, whilst some of these countries can rely on foreign aid, they are not being encouraged to stand on their own two feet.

Everyone has to tighten their belts at times such as these and our Government should be no different. I full accept that investment in health and education must be maintained, although I would qualify that statement by insisting that there should be a root and branch review to ensure that we are receiving value for money. However, overseas aid is an area that can and should be cut, at least until this country is back on its feet…because like it or not, our finances are in a precarious position.

 

Cameron keeps telling us how we will all have to accept a period of “austerityâ€, which will include increased direct and indirect taxes. Okay, I accept that this is inevitable, but how dare he foist new taxes on the British people before he has taken a scalpel to expenditure on items such as overseas aid?

 

Cameron needs to remember that there are many people in this country that live in squalor, often council owned high rise flats that are not maintained or are well past their sell by date. These people are forgotten, whilst huge sums are given away overseas.

 

How many times have we heard the ‘youths’ of today tell us that the reason there is so much petty crime and a gang culture is because they are “bored†and they have “nowhere to go� Yet, youth and community centres are routinely closed down due to lack of funds…the result is that youngsters are left roaming the streets. As a consequence, people within the community are scared, they have to suffer petty crime and their quality of life is dramatically reduced. The priorities of this Government and for all intents and purposes, the next Government’s, are completely at odds with what is needed and wanted by the people of this country.

 

It is high time all politicians started to listen to the people of this country and not simply pay lip service. We are all tired of people at the top telling us what we want and what need, rather than listening to us!

 

1. Britain's gives £9.1bn on overseas aid more than any other European Country

 

2. It found in 2006 to 2007, except for a large reconstruction donation to the World Bank, more than half DFID's large projects were considered likely to fail. Only a quarter of projects in 2006 were judged a success, WITH LESS THAN FIVE PER CENT CONSIDERED VALUE FOR MONEY

 

3. India is currently the biggest recipient of UK development aid, receiving more than £825m (about $1.25bn) over the three years to 2011. India, a nuclear-armed power and one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

 

4. The U.K. more than doubled its aid to Pakistan’s flood victims, taking the government’s commitment to £134 million ($209 million). This is In addition to the customary aid given

 

5. Britain has given £8.7 million in development aid to Singapore, whose gross domestic product per capita is the fourth highest in the world, and 46 per cent higher than our own.

 

6. Britain gives around £40 million a year in development cash to China - a country that can afford to spend billions on hosting the Olympic Games and is planning to put a man on the moon.

 

7. Russia also is a reciprocant of British Aid the precise amount has not been revealed.

 

8. Some £35 million goes to Uganda, even though its President Museveni has bought himself a new Gulfstream jet for £24 million.

 

9. Malawi -- receives £22 million a year the Department for International Development (DfID) revealed that more than £700,000 of a £3m project was spent on hotel bills and meals for US workers. President Bingu Wa a friend of Mugabi bought a £9,000,000 presidential jet without approval.

 

10. The British government has given £20m in aid to Gaza.

 

11. The Afghanistan report looked at DFID's 58 projects that were budgeted at £500 million and deemed "wholly unrealistic".

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Nice one Raymond