“A group like this could not have developed unless a mood in the United States has supported it – the belief that any true American must share God’s blessing with his poorer fellow men.”

from “To Hell With Good Intentions” by Ivan Illich

This quote is from the second page of Illich’s speech to the CIASP. He is laying the foundation for his argument that the CIASP, “salesmen for the middle-class “American Way of Life,” should stop operating in Mexico. Illich’s words suggests that American’s feel they have a debt to poorer people which they must pay off (or service).