Extreme Poverty Is The Best

The Essence Of Africa's Crises Is Fundamentally It's Extreme Poverty.

It's Not An Accident That The U.s. Ranks Lowest Of All Major Donor Countries In The World - That Is The Share Of Our Income That Goes To Development Aid. Americans Will Ask Whether, Because Were So Generous Privately, That Makes Up The Difference. But It Doesn't. We Still Rank Far Below Other Countries.

Tax The Rich. End The Wars. Break The Power Of Lobbies In Washington. These Are The Demands Of Occupy Wall Street. They Are Very Important. The Us Corporations Dominate Washington. The Big Oil Companies, Wall Street Banks And The Military-industrial Complex - They Rule This Country And Their Influence And Power Has To Be Broken.

Business Often Does A Good Job Supporting Communities: The Arts, Universities, And Scientific Enterprises... But That Philosophy Has Rarely Reached Poor Countries. Even Businesses That Are Enlightened In Their Home Bases See Africa, Latin America, And Parts Of Asia As Places To Exploit Natural Resources Or Use Cheap Labor.

The Great Leaders Of The Second World War Alliance, Franklin Roosevelt And Winston Churchill, Understood The Twin Sides Of Destruction And Salvation. Their War Aims Were Not Only To Defeat Fascism, But To Create A World Of Shared Prosperity.