"Take the money from the poor and subsidise the rich."
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Richard, but that's the way it has always been. Taking money from the poor to subsidise the rich is what capitalism does - world investment through loans and foreign aid is just a tool in the system's toolbag.
That is a different debate altogether.
Some time ago you accused Akenaton of racism, yet your attutude to the Irish, not just on this thread, but elsewhere, smacks of that same racism.
Are you suggesting that Britain should give no foreign aid, or make no loans to any country? So far as I recall, it is just the Irish you have selected for your 'special rendition'.
Jim Carroll