Zany-J
April 3rd, 2002, 06:21 PM
I have just stolen this idea totally from a UK t.v doc* I have just watched. I was really outraged so I thought I would tell others about it. (*Mark Thomas Project)
It is concerned with the 'charitable' drug donations to third-world countries (in some cases they pay admin costs when receiving donations).
There is a law in the US which allows double the normal tax deductions to companies who donate to charitable organizations. Now that doesn't sound too dumb. However, I have learnt that many of the donations are totally unhelpful and cost the country more to get rid of them- in Bosnia they spent millions on a new incinerator (?)just to get rid of the problem of unwanted donations.
On the tv programme it listed other dumb donations, such as 3000 silicon breast implants were donated to (i think) Sudan.(What the hell?! Not really their main problem).
"The subsidy system used until now will be re-evaluated so that it supports the active, productive function and not a passive subsistence on state donations. Subsidies will be aimed at purposeful support of concrete development programmes and projects". - Slovac Republic Declarations
I think this article is really what i want to say:-
www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/062999kosovo-drugs.htlm (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/062999kosovo-drugs.htlm)
(Hope that link worked)
It is concerned with the 'charitable' drug donations to third-world countries (in some cases they pay admin costs when receiving donations).
There is a law in the US which allows double the normal tax deductions to companies who donate to charitable organizations. Now that doesn't sound too dumb. However, I have learnt that many of the donations are totally unhelpful and cost the country more to get rid of them- in Bosnia they spent millions on a new incinerator (?)just to get rid of the problem of unwanted donations.
On the tv programme it listed other dumb donations, such as 3000 silicon breast implants were donated to (i think) Sudan.(What the hell?! Not really their main problem).
"The subsidy system used until now will be re-evaluated so that it supports the active, productive function and not a passive subsistence on state donations. Subsidies will be aimed at purposeful support of concrete development programmes and projects". - Slovac Republic Declarations
I think this article is really what i want to say:-
www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/062999kosovo-drugs.htlm (http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/062999kosovo-drugs.htlm)
(Hope that link worked)