Thursday, October 18, 2007
Money Wasted
Presidental canidates spend so much money, millions, on campaigns. There are countries so much worse off than us out there that could use that money for medicine, food, shelter or clothing. I think we should tone it down a notch and give to countries less fortunate. What about the inaugurational ball? Millions are spent on it every year. We know who's president, so why must this money be wasted on a party? Give it someone who needs it!
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I will agree that it sometimes seems as though we, as a nation, could spend our money more wisely. The United States does however; "give away" a great deal of money to other countries every year. I would bet we do it to gain something or get something in return as is the way in politics. I will say this though; I have been to several developing nations, third world countries or whatever you choose to call them. I can tell you that generally the poorest of the poor in the United States do not know what it is to be truely poor. We do not suffer from poverty like some other countries but we could benefit from spending more of our money here in the United States.
Your sentiment on this subject has a good point. However, what about all the poor people in this country? What about the education in the U.S.? Health Insurance? Etc, etc, etc, etc.
I noticed a report the other day, telling of how the U.S. ranked first in donating money to other countries. The simple fact is we can't make anything better at home, when we worry about everyone else's problems. Yes it is unfortunate that other countries are poor, but how does that become our problem? This is how we ended up in Iraq. We need to worry about making the people in our own country better off and concentrate on the well being of our own country.
I can agree that we waste money, but I can also agree that we do help enough too and that some of the money that we COULD try to help others with would just be wasted. It is the law of diminishing returns. It works for aerobic training and it works here. If anything we should be spending more money on cleaning up the US.
>I noticed a report the other day, telling of how the U.S. ranked first in donating money to other countries.
This report, if you saw it, was either inaccurate or dishonest. In absolute dollars, we give more than many others do, but that's because we have more money than anyone else. It's like saying that because Bill Gates donates more money than you do, he's more generous than you are. In per capita terms, we're nowhere near the top.
>The simple fact is we can't make anything better at home, when we worry about everyone else's problems.
This is the false dichotomy fallacy. Our national budget is $3 trillion, there's no reason we can't do both.
>Yes it is unfortunate that other countries are poor, but how does that become our problem?
Terrorism, for one. But in a broader sense, problems don't stop because there are lines on a map. Bad economies around the world affect us negatively. Diseases, terrorism, wars, etc. overseas have a direct impact on us.
I've also been to a third world country or developing country. Jamaica seems bad their roads are terrible, political parties are violent, and polution isn't handled as well. Although, almost everyone there has a cell phone, chances are they eat healthier than you do, due to the natural products with out most pesticides and all of this is in an abundance. One of Jamaica's major problems is that it used to get paid to take trash from other countries. I believe this is due to their government. If we really wanted to help more money wouldn't solve the problem they need man power. Sending troops there would change things. We may say we should keep our nose out of others problems but we do it with other countries let's help them out also.
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