directly to helping small farmers grow more of their own food and you want to see more aid used to support the anti-corruption efforts. john: but what are the odds that that will happen? that the aids support the corrupt dictators as much as half the food aid center at the molly is diverted to corrupt ccntractors, is like militants, local un staff. somalia is a difficult environment. john: i will go on. zimbabwean authorities confiscated truck filled with american food aid for school kids and handed it out to supporters of president robert mcgowan boy and a political rally. this is one of the problems when the only tool you have is bags of food. john: but by calling for more government aid you are calling for more of the aid that despite all the promises of reform has ended up in the hands of corrupt dictators.
john: one of the richest people in one of the richest people in the world is warren buffet. he is one of many billionaires who gave his money to charity. he said he would give it away when he dies. his fellow billionaire ted turner told me he was being chief. you should give some away now. turner made a big splash by giving a billion dollars to the u.n. now he wanted to shame other rich people into giving more. what he says is stupid. that was businessman tj rogers about turner s bragging about his u.n. gift. he should take his money and invest it and can t help any better way than to invest it and have the companies and buildings and plants created with this investment create jobs and health of products for other people. really? is it better if a money maker uses his money to make more rat? i through the question back to
directly to helping small farmers grow more of their own food and you want to see more aid used to support the anti-corruption efforts. john: but what are the odds that that will happen? that the aids support the corrupt dictators as much as half the food aid center at the molly is diverted to corrupt ccntractors, is like militants, local un staff. somalia is a difficult environment. john: i will go on. zimbabwean authorities confiscated truck filled with american food aid for school kids and handed it out to supporters of president robert mcgowan boy and a political rally. this is one of the problems when the only tool you have is bags of food. john: but by calling for more government aid you are calling for more of the aid that despite all the promises of reform has ended up in the hands of corrupt dictators.
dictators. we are not just calling for more government aid. i understand that. they are gog great work. one of the biggest misconceptions is most u.s. assistance goes to government. most u.s. assistance goes to u.s. based charities ngo s and contractors. and the u.n. which sometimes there s a portion that goes to the u.n. we are clear the u.n. is not the solution to poverty just as aid is not the solution to poverty. people are the solution to poverty. he runs business of america now but she tried operating her business in the home country. you listen to greg, you agree combination. foreign aid, government would help? i have a very hard time with foreign aid. the african union itself is admitting that the $148 billion are being stipend through corruption every year.
it is the reality that we need government in there, too. food starches a couple billionaires could fund the whole food stamp program by itself. a private charity would be better at saying who needs the food health and who is scamming the system. if you know a billionaire who would want to pay the entire system we would welcome about a. that. they don t step in because the government is there. they say government does that. i think the reality is in real life all of these private efforts are really important. we are generous people. we give a lot of money. when the chips are down the big thing happens when the typhoon hits the philippines they don t have an aircraft carrier with marines on board and rescue helicopters. the u.n. military dol tear u military does. i want them there when the typhoon hits. i don t know what s going to happen in the philippines.