Earthquake

[classicman]

that wasn'ty your point - You said

Originally Posted by spexx

It would have cost less in lives and money if we had been good neighbors proactively.

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Originally Posted by spexx

we did nothing and their houses collapsed on them. Now give more to charity, Einstein.

The US was proactive. We gave them well over $250,000,000 over the last few years. You are wrong.

[SamIam]

It would be wonderful if we could help the entire third world - and I'm sure there are policy changes, etc that we could implement to make the aid we do give more effective. But even the US doesn't have the kind of money to give such substantial amounts of assistance to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Brazil, on and on. Sure, if we had a magic ball we could have put money in Haiti ahead of time, the same as we could have warned people about the tsunami's and sent aid to Indonesia, India, etc, ahead of time. Unfortunately, time travel has yet to be invented (no doubt the pentagon is holding out on us).

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by SamIam

It would be wonderful if we could help the entire third world - and I'm sure there are policy changes, etc that we could implement to make the aid we do give more effective. But even the US doesn't have the kind of money to give such substantial amounts of assistance to Rwanda, Ethiopia, Brazil, on and on. Sure, if we had a magic ball we could have put money in Haiti ahead of time, the same as we could have warned people about the tsunami's and sent aid to Indonesia, India, etc, ahead of time. Unfortunately, time travel has yet to be invented (no doubt the pentagon is holding out on us).

It's a shame. We're very good at being reactive, not very good at being proactive.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

that wasn'ty your point - You said


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The US was proactive. We gave them well over $250,000,000 over the last few years. You are wrong.

OK Classic, you win. We did not give them nothing. I exagerated. We did not help our neighbors so much that their buildings collapsed on them because of all the rebar they couldn't afford.