[quote=flu]I am going to ask a very crass question. Why do folks feel compelled to help people in other countries when there are several kids/children starving in this country? Just curious.

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I also donate money through regular paycheck deductions to children in the US, Flu.

But I am also aware that the we cannot survive without other countries being prosperous too. So I feel compelled to help that along, and kiva.org is the best way I’ve found yet to do that.

If you feel the US can be all that it can be while half the globe is impoverished, I have to question your ability to see the big picture.