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Originally Posted by epitome
What do you think all of the donations are going towards?
I found it interesting that the updated Google Earth images of Haiti only showed pockets of damage when the media tells us that the entire country is devastated.
Plus, all of the media reporting seem to be focused on the few blocks that showed major devastation; almost like a bomb went off there.
Haiti GDP is only $6.95 billion. They'll probably end up getting a sixth or a third of that in "aid." U.S. taxpayers alone are giving $200 million.
I feel sorry for the true victims but I also think we're being sold a story based on devastation hundreds of times worse than it really is.
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I know a guy who was down there doing rescue and just returned. He confirmed it looks like bombs went off, however, he said not ALL of Haiti or even ALL of Port au Prince was destroyed. He said it was a nightmare and a cluster fuck, as you can imagine, but the media is focusing on the worst hit areas, which just so happen to be the most populated, hence the large death toll.
Where is the money? Well, between the uber corrupt Haitian government, the corrupt US government, the US military who overcharges for EVERYTHING, and the general rule of the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, there is no telling where the money really is, but I'd bet a few people are getting filthy rich from it.
There are HUGE profits in both war and misery.