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Message:: [QUOTE="fools_gold, post: 787295, member: 20669"]I think this is a fair question, touchy but fair. It's up to everyone's own belief how much help there should be. I think the US itself is donating $100M. Compared to our overall debt and fleecing of america projects, the $100M isn't much. But at the same time we are broke, so we have to tread lightly. The best thing to do right now is to put people on the ground to provide food, shelter and protection for the SHORT term. Aid will continue to come from other countries but ultimately, it will be the Haitian people that need to get through this. They cannot become too dependent on nations to rebuild their country for them. They cannot step aside and say feel sorry for each other while demanding other nations to rebuild their country. Everyone needs to work together. Most importantly, someone needs to over see the money that is being sent and properly being used. My buddy who is Haitian is concerned about the corruption that will occur. Already, he saw bull dozers at the President's palace, (we assume they are looking to knock it down and fix it). That's the wrong thing to do right now IMO. Makeshift hospitals is where money needs to be sent, not thinking about fixing your palace for yourself... The President needs to be on the streets with his people, in the trenches day in and day out....[/QUOTE]