Does the US actually need aid ? - GoFuckYourself.com

Frank The Tank · 09-06-2005, 04:56 AM

This morning the Irish government approved an aid package of $1 million euro to help the impoverished people in louisiana but straight away the radio shows starting buzzing with the talk that the US is one of the richest countries in the world and should we even give them aid ?

OldSchoolJim · 09-06-2005, 04:58 AM

I am sure they will be needing some $$ from us relatively soon...they are just laying the groundwork for it...i am sure we will be seeing a lot of this type of "lip service"

GatorB · 09-06-2005, 04:58 AM

$100 BILLION to rebuild means every man woman and child in the US has to fork over $3500. So I'd say HELL YEAH we need help.

Frank The Tank · 09-06-2005, 05:02 AM

thats peanuts to the states isnt it ? jsut kill some of the un needed military projects out east and thats the funds sorted

Trax · 09-06-2005, 05:05 AM

its not a thing of need or not
its a tragedy and it could happen to anyone
when you want to be helped in such a case you gotto help as well which is the main reason (to my mind) why countries donate.

XWS Negotiator · 09-06-2005, 05:08 AM

Every country in this world even the richest will need help financially if that kind of destruction hit, just imagine 100 million in damages

XWS Negotiator · 09-06-2005, 05:09 AM

sorry its 100 billion, he he he

GatorB · 09-06-2005, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank The Tank

thats peanuts to the states isnt it ? jsut kill some of the un needed military projects out east and thats the funds sorted

A) where do you think "funds" come from? TAXPAYERS

B) yes politcians have shown willing to get rid of projects in their own back yards for the betterment of our country. That's why that overbloated highway bill got passed last month.

BRISK · 09-06-2005, 05:11 AM

Once a relatively poor country like Sri Lanka offers aid, it really makes a wealthy country like Ireland look like a chump if they don't offer some aid as well, whether it's needed or not. I think most countries offers are done mostly as a "keeping up with the Jones'" motivation than anything else. Does any country want to be the only one who doesn't offer some aid?

Frank The Tank · 09-06-2005, 05:13 AM

if that hurricane hit ireland there would be no ireland .. were smaller than one of your states

and im not talking about the principal of the donation - i agree with donating to good causes and to help people in need ... im just pointing out the current debate here

jayeff · 09-06-2005, 05:19 AM

Need it or not, apparently providing it isn't entirely straightforward: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050906/ts_nm/aid_eu_dc

Polak · 09-06-2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

$100 BILLION to rebuild means every man woman and child in the US has to fork over $3500. So I'd say HELL YEAH we need help.

Ughhh wrong... USA has 300 million people not 30 million. Its about $350 per person

350 x 300,000,000 = 105 billion

MacDaddyPlaya · 09-06-2005, 01:47 PM

Now that W is president and has run up a ridiculous deficit, we definitely need aid.

GatorB · 09-06-2005, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Polak

Ughhh wrong... USA has 300 million people not 30 million. Its about $350 per person

350 x 300,000,000 = 105 billion

OK so a family fo 4 has to come up with $1400. Like people just have $1400 lying around. If countries want to give us money TAKE IT.

Dagwolf · 09-06-2005, 02:29 PM

Of course the U.S. needs aid, it just spent billions on an unjust war.

I'm not being sarcastic. Those people in Louisiana and New Orleans really do need assistance, and the U.S. can't afford it.

directfiesta · 09-06-2005, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

$100 BILLION to rebuild means every man woman and child in the US has to fork over $3500. So I'd say HELL YEAH we need help.

Roughly the price of the first year of war ... a piece of cake!

loverboy · 09-07-2005, 10:52 AM

its nice to see lots of countries extending sympathy to foreign victims
make you feel that there are indeed some friendly neighbors out there
still willing to share a hand despite political and cultural differences

Young · 09-07-2005, 10:53 AM

Thats not a long distance phone number

national debt

Rinaldo · 09-07-2005, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

$100 BILLION to rebuild means every man woman and child in the US has to fork over $3500. So I'd say HELL YEAH we need help.

You do understand how much we spent on the war right?

rickholio · 09-07-2005, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Rinaldo

You do understand how much we spent on the war right?

That's roughly 3 month's worth. If you go by official figures, which are dubiously low at best.

Maybe they should use the 'baghdad solution', drop a couple palettes of 100s off the back of a Hercules and just start handing out money to anyone who says they're gonna wander off and build/fix something.

Rhesus · 09-07-2005, 12:15 PM

Wasn't your military budget 600 billion per year during the Iraq war?

09-06-2005, 04:56 AM	#1
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Frank The Tank Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,225	thats peanuts to the states isnt it ? jsut kill some of the un needed military projects out east and thats the funds sorted __________________ aim : titanceltic icq : 307499327 Frank[@]babesandstuff.com

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BRISK Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,240	Once a relatively poor country like Sri Lanka offers aid, it really makes a wealthy country like Ireland look like a chump if they don't offer some aid as well, whether it's needed or not. I think most countries offers are done mostly as a "keeping up with the Jones'" motivation than anything else. Does any country want to be the only one who doesn't offer some aid? __________________ I post on GFY so that when people ask me what I do, I can tell them that I work with the mentally retarded.

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OldSchoolJim Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,117	I am sure they will be needing some $$ from us relatively soon...they are just laying the groundwork for it...i am sure we will be seeing a lot of this type of "lip service"

09-06-2005, 04:58 AM	#3
GatorB The Demon & 12clicks Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SallyRand is a FAGGOT Posts: 18,208	$100 BILLION to rebuild means every man woman and child in the US has to fork over $3500. So I'd say HELL YEAH we need help.

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Trax [----------------------] Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 14,486	its not a thing of need or not its a tragedy and it could happen to anyone when you want to be helped in such a case you gotto help as well which is the main reason (to my mind) why countries donate.

09-06-2005, 05:13 AM	#10
Frank The Tank Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,225	if that hurricane hit ireland there would be no ireland .. were smaller than one of your states and im not talking about the principal of the donation - i agree with donating to good causes and to help people in need ... im just pointing out the current debate here __________________ aim : titanceltic icq : 307499327 Frank[@]babesandstuff.com

09-06-2005, 05:19 AM	#11
jayeff Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 2,944	Need it or not, apparently providing it isn't entirely straightforward: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050906/ts_nm/aid_eu_dc

09-06-2005, 01:47 PM	#13
MacDaddyPlaya Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Just north of Cuba Posts: 1,785	Now that W is president and has run up a ridiculous deficit, we definitely need aid. __________________ Sigless

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Dagwolf President of Canada Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Leaving Hell, Entering Limbo Posts: 23,141	Of course the U.S. needs aid, it just spent billions on an unjust war. I'm not being sarcastic. Those people in Louisiana and New Orleans really do need assistance, and the U.S. can't afford it. __________________ Sleep well, and dream of large women. Last edited by Dagwolf; 09-06-2005 at 02:30 PM..

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loverboy When it rains, it pours Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 20,609	its nice to see lots of countries extending sympathy to foreign victims make you feel that there are indeed some friendly neighbors out there still willing to share a hand despite political and cultural differences

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Rhesus Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,009	Wasn't your military budget 600 billion per year during the Iraq war?