I would argue that free aid is the best form of population control.

Toni Lavis,
That's what we have had & have now, so why isn't it working ? Because free aid does not address the real agenda of birth control which ensures that it affects western society only.

//That's what we have had & have now, so why isn't it working ?//

It is working. Rates of population growth are declining and have been declining for some time now as countries develop economically. We know it happens, we've seen it happen, there's no reason to assume it won't keep happen other than sheer bloody-minded pessimism.

Aid helps economic development. It doesn't fix everything; countries still have to work on their own development, but it certainly helps. And as we've established, anything that helps with economic development helps bring down birth rates. It's not rocket science, dude.

Removing aid will not help things. It will do the opposite; it will mean that it takes longer for countries to develop, which means that the birthrates will stay higher for longer.

Giving countries aid isn't just the feel-good, bleeding heart thing to do. It's also the sensible, practical thing to do if you're worried about population growth. But if you're really that bothered about the thought of charity, I guess you just have decide which you'd prefer: having lower population growth but having to be charitable in order to achieve that; or being uncharitable but having to put up with a higher population as the price of that miserliness.

I know which I prefer. How about you?

//Because free aid does not address the real agenda of birth control which ensures that it affects western society only.//

Sorry, what? Are you saying that the real reason the West has low birth rates is because we give away aid? How is that meant to work?

I believe you are confusing correlation with causation. The low birth rates of the West and the high levels of aid they provide are correlated, but I see no causal connection between them. What I see is a common cause: their high level of economic development. Western countries have low birth rates because they have high levels of economic development, and they can afford to give away so much aid because they have high levels of economic development.

toni lavis,
You either don't have what it takes to understand or you're pro anti western.

//You either don't have what it takes to understand or you're pro anti western.//

Convincing rebuttal, individual. [sarcasm]

Also, when you say I'm 'pro anti western', do the pro and anti cancel each other out just leaving me western?

AID that word makes some froth at the mouth and show us how uniformed about the subject they truly are aid is an expression of self interest, Howard gave it to Indonesia, to education kids against radicalization,yes we give aid for other reasons but it too helps us,truly used aid can stem refugee flows, it can help country's and people

Toni Lavis,
Cheers for confirming my suspicion, you don't have it. When you get home from school today ask your mum & dad what pro anti-western actually means.