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Dan Burton: “There is an old Chinese proverb that says if you give a person a fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him to fish…”

On the recordMay 25, 1994
There is an old Chinese proverb that says if you give a person a fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him to fish, you feed them for their entire lifetime. And it seems to me that welfare, whether it is here or around the world, creates a dependency on our Government and it does not create a desire for people to stand on their own two feet. I would much rather help South Africa with mineral development and industrial development instead of giving them money that is not going to solve their problems. We have done that in Zaire. We saw last night on television where President Mobutu raped the country and has 15 villas. That is not the answer. The answer is to help them by industrial development and trade.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Discussing welfare dependency and advocating for industrial development aid to South Africa.

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