Sunday, August 14, 2005

The Aid Game

No surprise. The wave of corruption is, as Mark Steyn noted, the "Tsunami Tshakedown."

Peter Worthington is, as usual, right. But he misses altogether the corruption in the NGOs (Non-Government Organizations) like the United Nations who never planned to spend the money in the first place, and the donating governments who never actually sent it to the U.N. All relief and aid money is totally unaudited.

When, and if, the U.N. allows independent auditing by multiple auditors to look at their finances, they have no right to ask people for money. And that goes for donating countries, too. You really have to wonder at the kickbacks the U.N. gives to countries like Canada.


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