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Originally Posted by Dave
Don't confuse private individuals and companies with "America". There are plenty of people using "extreme capitalism" in a philanthropic and generous manner to the people of Africa (Bill Gates, anyone?). Anyway, the people who loaned the money and provided the services didn't do so to be good democrats, they did it to earn a living.
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Where does this particular company originate and who do they supply money too again? I'm not so ignorant as to separate the two, one perpetuates the other. It is built into their "American dream" and the reality of their society to allow maximum power and wealth to very few. Fine, some people give away money they amass but at an equal and opposite rate there is always someone else taking it away. They even allow that to happen to poorest of their own people.
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Look at the countries that racked up these debts-Peru, Zambia, Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo/Zaire...hardly bastions of democracy at the time these debts were created, were they?
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There are huge amounts of politics involved in these situations that would take a long time to discuss. Having said that, why give a loan to a country you know will either never be able to pay the money back, is not "democratic" and will more than likely spend the money on arms? It's so you can make more money from them and to have a power over them.
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The government of America does what's right and fair for its own people (or at least it's supposed to). They are not answerable to or beholden to any other nation. Why should they be?
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Again, they even let their own people suffer, not only in monetary terms but socially and in isolated ignorance.