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Originally Posted by princess
I hope you don't take this the wrong way cause I do care about people and kids all over the world that don't have what they need to help them live. But what about the people and kids in the US that are starving or don't have a roof over their heads. Shouldn't we first help those close to home first?
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The United States is a very rich nation that spends more on it's military than on education and social services combined.
At the height of the cold war it was estimated that if the United States stopped its spending on its nuclear weapons program for 6 months. The resources could have been used to erradicate world hunger in that time period.
Sorry to be cold and come across as bitch. And let me go on record as saying that the good old USA is a beautiful country with some wonderful people. (Spend some time in Mobile Alabama and you will know what I mean.)
But to be blunt, if rich countries like America want to every child in their nation to have a meal and roof over their heads... Then they should get their priorities straight.
It's the ones that the general public has to use grass to wipe their asses that I worry about.