It is disgusting to read the boast of the world’s richest man that “we spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper”. That this raises constitutional and legal issues for the US republic is quite clear. Indeed, it is evident that those now in charge would be quite happy to dispose of such tiresome constraints altogether. But there are also moral issues. Should the US effort to succour the world’s poorest have been fed into a “woodchipper” at all? The answer is “no”.
世界首富夸口說,“我們用周末把美國國際開發署(USAID)喂進了碎木機”,這聽起來令人作嘔。顯然,這給共和制的美國帶來了憲法和法律問題。事實上,很明顯,那些現在掌權的人會非常樂意完全消除這些煩人的限制。但還有道德問題。美國救助世界上最貧窮國家的努力是否也應該被喂進“碎木機”?答案是否定的。
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