Open Letter to UK Prime Minister - David Cameron.
Open Letter to UK Prime Minister - David Cameron.
Dear Mr Cameron
I’m writing with some concern over your proposals to offer financial aid to Liberia. I do not have any objections to financial aid being sent to that country, I would however like to know how the money will be raised. I would like to know what personal sacrifices you, your family and other members of the British government will be making to fund this aid. Will you for example sell off any excess property you may own and not currently reside in so that you can live in more modest accommodation once you are out of office? Will you start living on budget priced food, and only buy enough to actually live on instead of an excess of luxury goods? Will you send your children to state schools and use the money saved to help Liberians? Will you forgo any family holidays? If so, then you have my support. The points may seem ludicrous and pedantic, but it is the kind of cutbacks many people in this country have already had to implement, just to survive through the austerity measures. So if you want to fund this aid personally, that’s fine. If however, you intend to use the money raised by our taxes, then I’m afraid I’m less in favour. The money we are charged in the form of taxes should be used to get our country back on it’s feet, to fund an ailing health service, to ensure our children, whatever their financial backgrounds have access to a good education. It should help to pay off the national dept, and ensure that our infrastructure remains in good working order. It is those services which should be government funded and not have to rely on charitable donations or lottery funding.
I do not want to appear as a racist, or a supporter of the BNP, because I am not. But I am sure that anybody that voices objections in any form to this foreign aid will be branded as such, thereby making themselves the villain.
Whilst I sympathise with the plight of the children of Liberia, I also sympathise with the children of many other African countries who are in similar financial predicaments, but we cannot be expected as a country to finance all of their welfare. Especially when our own country is trying to pay off a massive national dept and we seem to be oblivious to hardship in our own country.
Would it not make more sense to look toward the Wealthy leaders of the African countries to aid their fellow countrymen. The heads of state in those countries appear to live in opulence, far in excess of their subjects, surely it is their responsibility to represent their people and do the best for them that they can. We sympathise with the families of children in America who have lost their lives due to their laws on gun ownership, but should not interfere with their constitution. Similarly we should not interfere with the finances of African states if their leadership sees fit to use it in a way, which we as British subjects may not agree with.
You were elected by the majority of people in the UK to represent us, and to look after our interests. We have accepted that the current financial situation is in a poor state, and whether this was created by your own government, or inherited from previous governments is irrelevant. It is the responsibility of you and your government to try to resolve it in the best way possible, for the people you represent, for the people who voted for you to represent them.
If the opportunity ever arises for you to govern Liberia, then by all means do everything in your power to give them justice, a fair life and the ability to look forward to a future of good heathcare for the young and old. A welfare system which tries to ensure that even the poorest people are offered a safety net to avoid extreme poverty and hardship. In the meantime, please do that for the country you represent, because we are the ones who elected you, not the Liberians.
When you look at the disparity between the lives of the ruling classes of Africa, such as Robert Mugabi, and the lower end of his population, you notice an incredible, and growing gulf between the rich and the poor. That gap is far less noticeable in the UK and other European countries at the moment, but it is widening, and unless you want the people of the UK to be appealing for similar assistance from overseas in the future, then that is what our government should be concentrating on.
Kindest regards.
Jerry Lunn
Dear Mr Cameron
I’m writing with some concern over your proposals to offer financial aid to Liberia. I do not have any objections to financial aid being sent to that country, I would however like to know how the money will be raised. I would like to know what personal sacrifices you, your family and other members of the British government will be making to fund this aid. Will you for example sell off any excess property you may own and not currently reside in so that you can live in more modest accommodation once you are out of office? Will you start living on budget priced food, and only buy enough to actually live on instead of an excess of luxury goods? Will you send your children to state schools and use the money saved to help Liberians? Will you forgo any family holidays? If so, then you have my support. The points may seem ludicrous and pedantic, but it is the kind of cutbacks many people in this country have already had to implement, just to survive through the austerity measures. So if you want to fund this aid personally, that’s fine. If however, you intend to use the money raised by our taxes, then I’m afraid I’m less in favour. The money we are charged in the form of taxes should be used to get our country back on it’s feet, to fund an ailing health service, to ensure our children, whatever their financial backgrounds have access to a good education. It should help to pay off the national dept, and ensure that our infrastructure remains in good working order. It is those services which should be government funded and not have to rely on charitable donations or lottery funding.
I do not want to appear as a racist, or a supporter of the BNP, because I am not. But I am sure that anybody that voices objections in any form to this foreign aid will be branded as such, thereby making themselves the villain.
Whilst I sympathise with the plight of the children of Liberia, I also sympathise with the children of many other African countries who are in similar financial predicaments, but we cannot be expected as a country to finance all of their welfare. Especially when our own country is trying to pay off a massive national dept and we seem to be oblivious to hardship in our own country.
Would it not make more sense to look toward the Wealthy leaders of the African countries to aid their fellow countrymen. The heads of state in those countries appear to live in opulence, far in excess of their subjects, surely it is their responsibility to represent their people and do the best for them that they can. We sympathise with the families of children in America who have lost their lives due to their laws on gun ownership, but should not interfere with their constitution. Similarly we should not interfere with the finances of African states if their leadership sees fit to use it in a way, which we as British subjects may not agree with.
You were elected by the majority of people in the UK to represent us, and to look after our interests. We have accepted that the current financial situation is in a poor state, and whether this was created by your own government, or inherited from previous governments is irrelevant. It is the responsibility of you and your government to try to resolve it in the best way possible, for the people you represent, for the people who voted for you to represent them.
If the opportunity ever arises for you to govern Liberia, then by all means do everything in your power to give them justice, a fair life and the ability to look forward to a future of good heathcare for the young and old. A welfare system which tries to ensure that even the poorest people are offered a safety net to avoid extreme poverty and hardship. In the meantime, please do that for the country you represent, because we are the ones who elected you, not the Liberians.
When you look at the disparity between the lives of the ruling classes of Africa, such as Robert Mugabi, and the lower end of his population, you notice an incredible, and growing gulf between the rich and the poor. That gap is far less noticeable in the UK and other European countries at the moment, but it is widening, and unless you want the people of the UK to be appealing for similar assistance from overseas in the future, then that is what our government should be concentrating on.
I do agree with you, that African Countries do appear to have a major problem with regards to corruption and finances being mis-directed internally, so that the people that really need the aid never see it. I fully support any moves being made by the UN to rectify this situation, but ultimately it is a matter for the African leaders themselves to resolve, because until that time, any money sent is unlikely to make sufficient difference to those that need it most.
Kindest regards.
Jerry Lunn
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