26 October 2011

The Africa They Never Tell You About

"Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer 
of money from poor people in rich countries 
to rich people in poor countries." - Douglas Casey 

-click any to enlarge-
Namibia's new (presidential) 'State House'

I wonder if that hyperactive savior-of-the-downtrodden Bono's ever visited any these cribs -you know, just to see where all the cash he guilt-trips from people (inc. GWBactually goes...?

Just another Nigerian mansion under construction...


Living The Good Life in Gabon


Ghana's garish Presidential Palace (2005)


McMansion in Trasacco Valley , Accra , Ghana


Mansion (68 rooms!) belonging to Mugabe's nephew... Zimbabwe


Sudanese Presidential Palace


Jubilee Palace - Addis Ababa, Ethiopa


Palais Presidentiel, Djibouti


Palais Presidentiel, Djibouti


Semi-detached yuppie condos in Nigeria-
(looks like Laguna Niguel, CA cca 1990!)


Latest Malibu-type oceanfront pad in Dakar, Senagal


Beachfront Villas in Tanzania


Nairobi, Kenya


Nairobi, Kenya


Lagos, Nigeria


Accra, Ghana


Johannesburg, South Africa


Cape Town, South Africa


Kampala, Uganda


Kampala villa


out back of that same Kampala pad...
So tell me WHY we're giving money to 
150 out of 192 countries in existence...
while teetering on the edge of default ourselves?

Have you seen Detroit lately...?

[Interactive US foreign aid map -here-]

Theodora   HappyTellUs   B.A.C   h/t RL