Talk is cheap for the
Compassionate-Conservative-in-Chief. "Bush
Urges Shift to Direct Grants for Poor Nations" was the recent
New York Times headline.
"The needs are many and
undeniable," Mr. Bush said. "And they are a challenge to our
conscience and to complacency. A world where some live in comfort and
plenty, while half of the human race lives on less than $2 a day, is
neither just, nor stable."
Sounds wonderful. Until
two paragraphs later:
...Mr. Bush's remarks today did not
take into account nor delineate how expensive such a change in the way the
World Bank operates would be. Nor did the president say how — or whether
— the United States and other wealthy nations that give the bank its
primary financial support would pay for the added cost.
I wouldn't hold my breath
waiting for that funding. See "America
the Most Selfish."
