So we got money for HAITI, but we don't have money for Americans, DAMN
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Where are the cash rich arab countries? How about the chinese? Its just amazing that US is the one that always helps the most.
Great read....
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/19/christian-whiton-haiti-obama-aid-corruption/
Great read....
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/19/christian-whiton-haiti-obama-aid-corruption/
Good thread, cold.
I think the original poster was comparing contributions to Haiti by Americans to contributions to Katrina by Americans. Contributions to Haiti came when America was at it's weakest while Katrina came at a time when the economy was stronger and people had more to give. (But still, much more has been raised for Haiti compared to Katrina.)
In any case, I am not surprised. We'll send them aid so that they can eventually die of something else, probably starvation. In fact, we are all terminal. All of us here are on the path to death by old age (unless something else does not kill us sooner) and very few people care. Billions could be saved -- in economic benefits, not just health benefits / lives, by investing an ways to keep people healthier longer:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0330/034-on-my-mind.html
http://www.grg.org/resources/TheScientist.htm
But there is absolutely no lobbying or support to do so. I find it ironic that we are individually all condemned to die. But as a society, we fight against the forces of natural selection to preserve groups of people and animals who might otherwise not be here.
In any case, I am not surprised. We'll send them aid so that they can eventually die of something else, probably starvation. In fact, we are all terminal. All of us here are on the path to death by old age (unless something else does not kill us sooner) and very few people care. Billions could be saved -- in economic benefits, not just health benefits / lives, by investing an ways to keep people healthier longer:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0330/034-on-my-mind.html
http://www.grg.org/resources/TheScientist.htm
But there is absolutely no lobbying or support to do so. I find it ironic that we are individually all condemned to die. But as a society, we fight against the forces of natural selection to preserve groups of people and animals who might otherwise not be here.