tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post8946582096968841661..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Bill Gates & His ChickensPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-72529993370524919522016-08-09T02:13:30.788-04:002016-08-09T02:13:30.788-04:00The point isn't that aid is insulting. What...<br />The point isn't that aid is insulting. What's insulting is someone (particularly someone so appallingly wealthy)deciding that he, being a Master of the Universe, knows what poor people need to move up the ladder, having come to this conclusion purely through his own genius. Why actually ask poor people what they need when you already know everything about anything on account of having run a successful business? It's the same kind of high-minded arrogance responsible for education 'reforms' that always seem to involve eliminating elected school boards and saying some version of "Please go sit quietly in the corner, we know what's best for your children" to the parents and local community. Heifer international actually engages in the extremely poor communities where they operate. They don't randomly send a bunch of chickens to a middle-income country with a modernized economy because they do their homework beforehand.Jordan Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12091776887600950851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-55936044431860779612016-06-19T08:51:41.125-04:002016-06-19T08:51:41.125-04:00See Give Well's analysis.
http://www.givewell....See Give Well's analysis.<br />http://www.givewell.org/International/charities/Heifer-Project-International<br /><br />Also, regarding chickens, the rise of Avian flu has resulted in the prohibition of displaying chickens at the County Fair. The biohazard of chickens and the easy transmission of the flu from bird to bird, as well as the concerns from the CDC that avian flu may cross species and infect humans led to this.<br />My cynical thinking is that Bill Gates probably owns a pharmaceutical research company and will get a lot of people sick so he can make money selling vaccines.<br /><br />I don't think I am missing the mark so much since he really ended up selling a lot of his software to schools once impute testing was mandated by Race to the Top.Jackie Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381347712120872904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-5652962980364028702016-06-18T12:39:13.713-04:002016-06-18T12:39:13.713-04:00It's not about chickens or helping third world...It's not about chickens or helping third world countries, it's about standardizing the chicken supply chain for KFC. Let me guess his foundation is benefitting his donors. http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/01/kfc-africa-chicken-usaid-gates-foundationLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769822507255474529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-76847501379121187442016-06-18T10:07:57.766-04:002016-06-18T10:07:57.766-04:00I also give to Heifer International. Unlike Gates,...I also give to Heifer International. Unlike Gates, I trust them to know how best to use the money I give. Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-7427836843245208852016-06-18T10:04:48.623-04:002016-06-18T10:04:48.623-04:00I must also plead guilty to giving people chickens...I must also plead guilty to giving people chickens, along with goats and sheep. Foolishly, in Peter's opinion, I have given money to Heifer International for decades. Heifer International has been doing insulting abominable things like giving poor people chickens for 70 years.<br /><br />Bolivia is doing much better in recent years. In 2005 59% of the population lived in moderate poverty, but by 2014 only 39% of the population lives in moderate poverty. No chickens needed there.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com