Obama seeks $2.8 billion for Haiti

[Nervous Wreck]

I sincerely feel for Haiti and all the people in it, but where in the he!! is all this money going to come from?
When is our government going to learn we can't take care of and support this whole world!
We have financial problems here in our own country we can't take care of....d@mn!!!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/24/ob ... ion-haiti/

[E_]

Yep I TOTALLY Agree! When you are in debt like we are you just can't go throwing money around!

[FasterThanYou]

It happens all the time. Some disaster happens in the world and those of us (USA) with huge debt start throwing money at it. Why doesn't he do something like Coach Cal and do a telethon? That way the $$$ raised is coming from the pockets of those who can afford to help in lieu of the pockets of the taxpayers. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for helping people but when someone comes asking for a donation and I have none to give I'm not going to go the bank, get a loan and hand them $$$.

[katie]

I am waaayyyyyy over "saving the world".

[$parechange]

I feel for those folks. BUT lets put this in perspective. The living conditions were terrible, then the earthquake puts it into shambles. So the US sends billions to build ne homes and buildings and roads. Unfortunatly the conditions will not change. They have no money to keep up what we are building. They have received billions already from many sources. Of which much has been stolen, or never gotten to the intended victoms. Can anybody tell me there thoughts. Do we think if we build new homes and buildings that life in this poor country will automatically get better. IT WON'T!!! Now lets look in our own back yard. People are losing homes, savings, cars. They have no jobs, and it is just getting worse. Let the other parts of the world help them, lets take care of our own first. Now China has trillions to loan the US, let them give a little to those folks. I am over being Mr. Nice Guy! I say let them figure it out for themselves, like we are here in the US.

[re3too]

And how many times has it been shown that the $$$ we send gets intercepted by a totally corrupt govt. and never reaches those it's intended to help? Kinda sounds like the "new" USA, doesn't it?