It is the thought that counts
Posted on October 29, 2006
Filed Under News |
Boing Boing: African tech billionaire offers $5 mil for best African prez
The hope is that cash incentives for good governance might serve as a counter-balance and change the ways of those presidents that are instead ilegally making millions from oil, diamonds, illegal contracts and corruption.
Seriously, the perpetual illegal millions from oil, diamonds, and corruption or a one time $5 million payment and two days of praise (maybe 3, if it is a slow news day)… which would you pick if you were a iron fisted dictator? It would be a wonderful world if the African nations that are rich with natural resources were not plundered for the advantage of a few, but a $5 million bribe won’t change things. So if it is the thought that counts, then this a +1… if it is how well it was thought out, then this is a -5M.
Comments
Leave a Reply