"Do you think that it is the obligation of the United States to take its wealth and transfer it to the Third World?"
This isn't about transferring wealth from the U.S. to Third World countries. That is one of the most asinine, America-centric, self-absorbed things I've ever heard.
This isn't about "transferring wealth", this is about helping people in need. Because if we don't, easily three times as many are going to die from cholera, dysentery, typhus, malnutrition, and all kinds of diarrheal diseases due to a lack of proper sanitation, proper food, and clean drinking water. 700,000 people are homeless right now because of this tsunami, if not more than that. This isn't about money, it's about life and death. It's about things that actually *matter*.
It is immoral, and unethical, for the richest nation in the history of the world to not give to those who need it so desperately. It is unchristian to withhold aid from someone who needs it, when you have it to give.
I cannot believe that some dickwad is going on about wealth transfers to the Third World. It's not like we're talking about extremely expensive penis-extender cars, here.
Food. Water. Shelter. If you honestly believe that this tsunami is an opportunity for those sneaky, money-grubbing Third World countries to steal from the U.S., you have your head shoved so far up your ass I'm surprised you can walk.
(thanks, Digby, for the tip)
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