America's top exports: Grief, sorrow, & loss
 
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:51:21 -0600 (CST)


AMERICA'S TOP EXPORTS: GRIEF, SORROW, & LOSS

by Mickey Z

Our tax dollars (and our rhetoric and/or our support and/or our silence)
fund and/or enable US domination of institutions like the World Bank. As a
result, the developing world spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it
receives in aid. That means untold billions are allocated toward paying off
debt to powerful Western banks instead of being invested in water systems,
infrastructure to rural communities, education, and health care.

Full article:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/12573

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