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I don't have numbers in front of me, but I'd wager that overall,,Americans donate to Americans in need by a large margin over what get sent to disasters around the world.
I know we do. We have a budget in our company for local charity. It's a long list. Some of the things we support are only for a few hundred dollars. Others are more. It's always easy to rip on business. But when the food pantry is broke. Who steps up and funds it? A child went missing in Milwaukee. A local bank put up the money for a reward. In my community the city purchased some vacant land on the lake. They decided it would be a nice green space. Who came up with the money to build a playground for the kids. My company and a local hospital partnered and did the whole project.
I don't know a single business owner in my group that doesn't support many things. When there is a disaster around the world, we just dig a little deeper. Just like most Americans do.
Some banks and business have done bad things ,but more of them do a lot of good things for the community.
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