Before I came upstairs to write this, i was watching the news and it just so happened to be centered around Copenhagen. What issue? The fact that, the poor nations are getting the shaft. America ate all the appetizers, entrés, and deserts, and now is calling over the rest of the world for coffee and asking to split the bill. So the debate goes, how do we get the third world nations to comply with our environmental laws? The third world nations want us to pay them off, essentially blackmailing us.
"The conflict over how best to balance climate control measures with Third World economic uplift exploded in bitter exchanges at a preliminary conference in Bangkok, Thailand in October. Third World delegates accused the rich nations of trying to wiggle out of their commitment to provide nearly $100 billion to a global donor's fund to aid poor nations promote economic development and growth. The European Union initially pledged to pump $15 billion into the fund by 2020."
So it comes down to this single question. Should we pay off the 3rd world countries, or should we let them have the jump start that America had from fossil fuels? In my opinion , we should pay them off. Not only will they be able to ruin everybody's experience by peeing into the pool persay, they are also human beings who deserve a higher quality of life.
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To an extent, I think most developing countries are justified in their wish for us to pay off the damage we've done, if we're going to try to prevent them from causing the same damage by limiting their industry and, essentially, their economy and development.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that we should pay them off, as this would be an incredible expense. letting them get that jump start would be a poor idea as well. we should provide them with the technologies we have to allow them to jump directly into a more effecient age.
ReplyDeleteAll the developed countries have been spoiling of the cheap goods from the third countries for centuries. It's the fault of the ex-imperialist world powers to pay for the mess they have caused, and the time for this has come. Developed countries have been satisfyingly living of the poor countries, should we give them a hand?
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