Poverty and Aviation

Maybe the answer to all economic problems in this world will be solved by sending more foreign aid. Doesn't that make sense? No, it really doesn't. How come the same conservative Americans who believe that ending poverty in the United States shouldn't be done by the government do believe that this is how other countries' poverty should be ended. We shouldn't be hypocritical people. Giving free money often has negative affects that most people don't see. They feel great about having given money to someone in need (a wonderful thought), but don't realize that they might not be doing as much as they could.

In most cases, education coupled with the free market will drastically bring about good changes in a countries economy. This increase in a countries' economy can bring about real change for its people. Again, I want to stress the importance of the free market. Free market economies are generally strong economies with low levels of poverty. Even devastating poverty in most countries of developed free market economies (particularly those which are industrialized) is much different than poverty of the many African countries that come to mind. Businesses and a strong workforce will bring about a true change. Revenue increases means that job increases will occur, so developed countries must be willing to find businesses that have good products in developing nations.

As far as aviation is concerned, the biggest issue with these nations is that they employ pilots from developed nations to fill the necessary roles.The way to help developing nations will be to educate the people, so that countries can fill their own needs. This means that we must be willing to aid people from these nations get education. This is one of the biggest benefits that we in developed nations have. Education is a gift that we can give to people. It is my hope that people will help pay for kids education in jobs such as aviation, making sure that they go back to their home countries to work. This means that high paying piloting jobs will inject cash flow into the country of origin, while helping the poor work themselves out of poverty. Education within the free market is the key to helping end poverty. Again, I'm not saying we should stop attempting to help, but maybe we should change how we help. Let's provide education where jobs are actually available.