[quote=svelte][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.[/quote]

I think it’s time for the rest of the world who are prosperous to start showing their world leadership and pitch in to help others in need. We (as a country) are broke.

What really bothers me, it seems like so many foreign nationals despise americans and yet have no problem taking our donations. Folks laugh about our nation debt/deficit, but don’t have a problem accepting aid packages that Congress authorize.