2006-12-09 06:50:39 · 7 answers · asked by tony pepperoni 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
There's a huge difference between the poverty, famine, epidemic disease, and death occuring in third world countries, and the relatively wealthy poor people in this one.
There are assistance programs here, and people can work for a living. They may not be able to make big money, but even those with little or no education can find a job if they choose. Remember, we have millions of illegal immigrants coming into this country to fill the jobs nobody wants. Some of them even work two or three of those jobs, and do pretty well.
There are homeless here, true, and mental illness, which qualifies as disease, is a huge factor among them. Our system fails miserably to help them. Giving money to them would not improve their lot, however. Putting money into treatment and housing might.
But, to answer your question, Americans aren't dying by the hundreds of thousands due to their poverty. And, to a great degree, they have options that people in third world countries simply don't have. If I have to choose between helping someone who dying of poverty, and someone who is not, I prefer to help the ones with the most need.
But, we don't have to make that choice. We do both.
2006-12-09 07:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by functionary01 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where it is. Sometimes like in the tsunami effort. Many sweat shops were wiped out. Us companies like the gap and nike "donated"millions to the getting the industrial secdtor up and running. I think there may have been another motive. Also it makes better PR.
As George CArlin said if you want to wipe out poverty find a way to make money out of helping the homeless.
The government is a tool of their bigest supporters....corporations.
2006-12-09 14:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by cosmiccastaway 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
giving money to poor people overseas???????????
r u serious?? The US only takes away money and natural resources from poor, weak nations all around the globe, or do u believe the rest of the world hate us only because this greedy war for oil?
2006-12-09 14:55:27 · answer #3 · answered by me 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Its not just the U.S. gov't. Ask Madonna and Angelina Jolie why they give money to African countries when there are plenty of starving people in our own country.
2006-12-09 14:55:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ok first you need to understand that you can not compare living in africa and other third world coutries to America. Yes there are starving ppl in America but there are resources here to help ppl. in these other countries they have nothing. nothing.
2006-12-09 15:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Guilty conscious for all the wrong doings they have done to these nations.
2006-12-09 15:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by King Midas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our government is sooooo screwed up.......
2006-12-09 15:06:55 · answer #7 · answered by fantasytlb 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋