{"id":274,"date":"2005-01-05T22:14:35","date_gmt":"2005-01-05T22:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/01\/05\/hey-chuck-enough-money-at-a-problem-itll-go-away-eventually\/"},"modified":"2005-01-05T22:14:35","modified_gmt":"2005-01-05T22:14:35","slug":"hey-chuck-enough-money-at-a-problem-itll-go-away-eventually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/01\/hey-chuck-enough-money-at-a-problem-itll-go-away-eventually\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey – chuck enough money at a problem, it’ll go away eventually"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that people are donating in their droves – and that various countries are continuing to up their pledges as a result<\/a>. It looks like since Colin Powell’s visit<\/a> (it’ll be a real shame when he’s gone) the US may up its donation again, so we can but hope that some real impact can be made.<\/p>\n

But as aeuropean<\/a> rightly says<\/a>, money won’t solve everything – in the early days they were calling for heavy lifting equipment, now doctors, soon (I hope) they’ll need builders, carpenters and the like to help rebuild. Quite what practical help any of us can be, so many miles away, I have no idea – but every little counts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not that I’ve actually helped at all – just moaned like the typical whinging bastard that I am. Nothing’s ever going to be good enough, because the scale of the problem – and not just in the tsunami-affected areas but around the world, as I have pointed out in another post<\/a> – is overwhelming.<\/p>\n

That, of course, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try – but I’m still rather worried about the motivations<\/a> of certain governments when it comes to this particular tragedy:<\/p>\n