While on the subject of misplaced governmental largesse, I have nothing against rock stars staging concerts to raise money for Africa, but I fail to see any compelling reason why America should always be so eager to bail out that dysfunctional continent.
Colonialism and apartheid are distant memories, but the U.S., which had nothing to do with fostering either, keeps sending guilt money to countries none of us can even find on a map. I mean, if I wish to support a ne’er-do-well relative -- a shiftless brother-in-law, say, or a 45-year-old cousin who still lives at home with his parents -- that’s my business. But it’s certainly not the business of every other taxpayer in America.
What do we think about when we think about the Dark Continent? Well, aside from “Tarzan” movies, it’s generally tribal warfare, widespread AIDS, drought, genocide, Islamic tyrannies, female mutilation and modern day slavery, that come to mind. Now, really, why would any sane person wish to throw good money after bad down that abominable sinkhole?