Why are we helping every other country in the world

[HarrisonTX]

I agree with everyone's point of view except for Hobie. Sorry dude, I guess you're just having an off day

LOL

Sorry for calling you an asshole hobes.

[SMKR]

Why am I always seeing car washes and donation drives to send shit to other countries to help them out when we have people right here at home, and I'm not talking some major city, I mean right down the street, that need help. There are tons of kids who need shoes for school, and food for lunches and all kinds of other stuff that kids should have, yet people are raising money to send to fucking Africa so that it can be spent on more guns and bullets.

Who the fuck cares about other countries? I don't see kids in France raising money to help out homeless kids in America. Let the other world leaders lead some shit for a while, while we take care of our own. We've got enough shit on our shoulder to keep us from having to go out and provide for everyone else who doesn't want to help themselves.

why did the us govt just approve $110 million in aid to Somalia THIS WEEK???? the f*ck will that country ever do for us???? Dont get me wrong, I like helping out but when we are strapped like we are, we dont need to be handing out that kinda money to those people.

[jakesford]

I'm all for private citizens helping, but it is not the government's responsibility to be charitable with my tax dollars. The US govt already provides tax incentives to give, that is enough IMHO.

[CWO]

so is this the game plan?

1. raise the debt ceiling (stupid term btw)
2. borrow more money
3. give it to other countries
4. profit?

[GhostTX]

American needy families have the resources and ability to make it. There are several programs and options. People in foreign countries literally need the basics like food and water. Needy Americans need food so they can still afford their TVs and video games.

This.

The poor and homeless in America really have no idea how good they have it compared to other countries. Poverty here is a joke compared to other places.

[CWO]

This.

The poor and homeless in America really have no idea how good they have it compared to other countries. Poverty here is a joke compared to other places.

the U.S. owes TRILLIONS of dollars, we have no business giving borrowed money to other countries that will never be able to repay it.




That is like me spending all of my money on beer, borrow money from you for food and giving that money to my worthless neighbor so he can buy food with it only to ask you for money again later.

[GhostTX]

the U.S. owes TRILLIONS of dollars, we have no business giving borrowed money to other countries that will never be able to repay it.

That is like me spending all of my money on beer, borrow money from you for food and giving that money to my worthless neighbor so he can buy food with it only to ask you for money again later.

OP is about private fund raising. Government spending is another topic entirely.

[Hobie]

No Hobie, how about we make the fucking school board responsible for that shit? We spend more money per student than any country in the world, and our students are MORONS comparatively. Money being wasted on ridiculous shit - Millions of dollars on white boards that sent in basements.. I could go on.

I've heard that before. I wonder where all the money goes. Adiministration? Health care plans? It sure doesn't go to the teachers or get spent on the students.

Growing up I went two about a half-dozen school districts in two states. There a major differences in schools in poor rural areas, poorish urban areas, lower middle class urban areas, and pretty nice urban areas.

My friend's bro earns dick for income and the school he teaches in is falling apart. There's some massive waste somewhere because the money certainly isn't making it down to his level. He's a better man than me. I would bail and do something else that paid better and wasn't near as depressing. The stories he tells are shocking. It's right there with being a social worker. You see the worst of the worst and get paid next to nothing in return.

[Hobie]

I agree with everyone's point of view except for Hobie. Sorry dude, I guess you're just having an off day

Ehh, nobody bats a thousand.

LOL

Sorry for calling you an asshole hobes.

No worries

so is this the game plan?

1. raise the debt ceiling (stupid term btw)
2. borrow more money
3. give it to other countries
4. profit?

Either this style of reply is finally making it's way to dfwstangs or you post on OT.

[Baba Ganoush]

I don't get it either, and in the current times it's very confusing. We have people in need here, I couldn't care less about some shithole I'll never visit, probably hates America, and that will eventually blow itself up/starve anyway. Sam Kinison had a great bit on this that comes to mind.


There are more than 3,000 homeless veterans locally, yet we send millions to everyone else.

[Hobie]

I don't get it either, and in the current times it's very confusing. We have people in need here, I couldn't care less about some shithole I'll never visit, probably hates America, and that will eventually blow itself up/starve anyway. Sam Kinison had a great bit on this that comes to mind.


There are more than 3,000 homeless veterans locally, yet we send millions to everyone else.

Remember blackhawk down? Yeah, fuck Somalia.

[Grimpala]

OP is about private fund raising. Government spending is another topic entirely.

The OP was about private fundraising, but I feel the same way about government spending. We've been bailing other countries out since WWI and the shit needs to stop.

It would be one thing if the countries were appreciative and tried to repay things or change things in their own country so that we wouldn't have to keep bailing them out, but the cycle continues. It's the same damn thing as welfare in this country. People take the handout, then don't use it to better themselves, then bitch about the country when they don't agree with something or their check is late.

Why the fuck can we not drug test welfare recipients and make them work on government projects to earn their money, which they in turn cannot spend on rims and cigarettes. You should also not be able to vote if you're on welfare at all, or unemployment for more than 6 months.

[Grimpala]

If a simple man from grass roots could still get elected today I might have gotten into politics instead of construction. Shit needs to change, and not the way that nigger in the white house is going about it.

[CWO]

Ehh, nobody bats a thousand.



No worries



Either this style of reply is finally making it's way to dfwstangs or you post on OT.

I'm a pioneer..... What's OT?

[Grimpala]

I'm a pioneer..... What's OT?

on topic