Reply #45: Where do you draw the line on what qualifies as a "third world" country? Many are obvious, [View All]

[pampango]

but others are not.

Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan would seem to qualify as "developed countries". What about Eastern Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Israel, the Gulf states (small populations, high per capita incomes based on oil revenue)?

If we limit the access of the third world to our market, do you have an alternative policy to deal with poverty in the developing world? Or are we back to the "Americans should worry about Americans", "let the Kenyans worry about Kenya" and the "Burmese worry about Burma"? Our concern for people should be based on their color (of their passports)?