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Originally posted by highlander
It is much easier to feed/clothe 150,000 people "until they get back on their feet" than it is to feed/clothe millions of people indefinately.
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What?! Of course it's easier to feed and clothe 150K people, but don't pretend it's so hard to help other people. Think about it...if we stepped up and gave $100M to help starving people and we got...say...5 other wealthy countries to do the same. You'd be amazed how much you could irrigate, farm, feed, clothe, educate, and immunize for $600M. But hey...fuck them, right? They didn't get hit by a big wave. No doubt it's important to help victims, but the problem will be there long after Sheryl Crow, Leonardo Di Caprio, and your next door neighbor have forgetten about it. That's the problem with bandwagons...they don't last too long.