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America's Government Is Not Even Aware Of The Gap Between Its Commitments And Action, Because Almost Nobody In Authority Understands The Actions That Would Be Needed To Meet The Commitments.

Unfortunately, The Real Focus In This Country Has Not Been On The Rest Of The World. It's Been On Our Own Issues And Our Own Problems. Fair Enough. But It Means That Our Simple Hopes That Everything Will Just Work Out Abroad Aren't Really Coming To Pass.

I Think The Imf Helped To Detonate The Indonesian Crisis.

The Time Has Come To End This Charade. The Debts Are Unaffordable. If They Won't Cancel The Debts I Would Suggest Obstruction; You Do It Yourselves. Africa Should Say: 'thank You Very Much But We Need This Money To Meet The Needs Of Children Who Are Dying Right Now So We Will Put The Debt Servicing Payments Into Urgent Social Investment In Health, Education, Drinking Water, Control Of Aids And Other Needs.'

All Of The Incessant Debate About Development Assistance, And Whether The Rich Are Doing Enough To Help The Poor, Actually Concerns Less Than 1% Of Rich World Income. The Effort Required Of The Rich Is Indeed So Slight That To Do Less Is To Announce Brazenly To A Large Part Of The World: 'you Count For Nothing.' We Should Not Be Surprised, Then, If In Later Years The Rich Reap The Whirlwind Of That Heartless Response.