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We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.


Odd that you never want to question that cost.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.


Odd that you never want to question that cost.

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Nice



Because of something completely unrelated , we should just go on and ignore what's going on (or NOT going on ) in Haiti ?

Really?


Wow. Unbelievably pathetic.


( not sure if that counts as name calling, Riona. But if it does, that's my 1st one since coming back )





"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

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So it's NOT about the money?


So what is your point? If it's about money wasted, why won't you address the biggest moneypit in the last hundred years, your pet war in Iraq?

And if it's not about money and waste, then what's your gripe? That money was given to black people? I know how it always galls you when others try to help people of color...

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We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.


Odd that you never want to question that cost.

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Kwicko: America is wasteful and inefficient and takes inadvisable actions

AURaptor: foreign "aid" there is corrupt and not interested in helping Haiti. What they want to do it open up more labour to exploit, increase Haitian debt, and also take advantage of offshore oil reserves. I think that covers it.

But, I do commend you for taking notice and pushing it back into our attention.

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AURaptor: foreign "aid" there is corrupt and not interested in helping Haiti. What they want to do it open up more labour to exploit, increase Haitian debt, and also take advantage of offshore oil reserves. I think that covers it.

But, I do commend you for taking notice and pushing it back into our attention.

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That's a pretty good argument for not giving to charity. Which is funny, because "libertarians" are the ones who keep telling us that charities will take care of the poor, and that no government help is ever needed.

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But I don't get where you come off saying they want to exploit these people, more than they already have, for labor.

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