"why trust our $$ to foreign companies who throw it around and never do anything with it." It appears we are no better than them at spending it. What kind of charity lists as a prerequisit, that you have to conform to its values or else no charity for you? In other words being charitable (a good christian value) takes a back seat to imposing ones own personal set of values on others? Yeah, I dont see that as money well spent, and i dont see it as an effective stategy for fighting the spread of AIDS, since abstinence is an unrealistic goal, and one we dont even impose on our own citizens.
Edgar Reviewed by Edgar on . Bashing Harm Reduction Abroad A Republican effort to stamp out needle-exchange programs abroad incensed editorial boards at The Washington Post and The New York Times last weekend, and both pages slammed the latest congressionally-mandated gag rule to hit the United Nations. That conservatives are trying to stamp out harm reduction abroad is no small story, but both pages missed the fact that this is only the latest installment in a long story of strings-attached giving that has been changing U.S. foreign aid policy for Rating: 5