Yeah, that's right. Hurricane Sandy caused a LOT of damage along the New England seacoast, leaving death and destruction in her wake. And, now the governors of New York and New Jersey think that the Federal Government should pay for that damage. By Federal Government, they mean you and me.
A question that some of the folks out there in North Dakota are asking is "what's in it for me"? Like, when did the taxpayers from either of these states send money to help them dig out from blizzards?
Ok, get off your defensive high horses. We are a United States of America. And, we take care of our own. That's one of the things that makes us special. We even send billions of tax dollars to all sorts of people in all corners of this world when they need help recovering from a natural disaster. It's the right thing to do. Right?
Not no, but HELL no! We don't have anything extra to share with those countries. We don't even have enough to take care of our own. Let me know if you find those outpourings of money or donations coming into this country when we suffer an attack from the likes of a hurricane, an earthquake, a flood, or forest fires that burn for months. But, let a third world country get clobbered, and you'll see tax dollars by the billions (dollars that we actually borrow from China, then repay with interest) going to their aid. Not to mention all of the good hearted people, many representing churches, who pack their bags and tools and head out to help rebuild.
Being politically incorrect and insensitve, but realistic, I'll tell you that, thanks to us, those places "devastated" by storms are oftentimes better off when we leave than they were BEFORE the storms.
So, where are the other countries when we get nailed? Why is the weight of the world on the shoulders of the United States? We certainly seem to contribute much more than our (I hate these words) fair share. It's like our president and his liberal socialist fiends (yes, that's the word...no "r") who want to let the minority of Americans pay their fair share so those who don't want to work don't have to.
Don't get me wrong. Or, if you want to, that's ok. If a person, a state, a society is in trouble, I'm all for lending a hand. And, I don't expect anything in return, except maybe a thanks. The key word here is helping. There is a big difference between a helping hand and a handout.
When you check out the list of countries on our handout list (aka, foreign aid), you might be surprised at just how much we give to whom. Countries that are not in dire straits. We give them money, we're told, because we want to keep them friendly to the United States. Why? Why do we need to be friendly with countries that could care less about us? Do you think, even for a moment, that any one of these friends would not stab us in the back, given a chance?
Well, now here's a real kick in the pants. Several countries HAVE offered us assistance. Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill disasters are two recent cases. But, we DECLINED their offers!!!! Can you imagine? We don't mind giving, giving, and giving. We don't mind taxing our citizens to death. We don't mind having the 2% of the richest people in this country pay their fair share to keep the masses from having to lift a finger. But, we won't accept help when offered? We don't mind borrowing money to give to other countries; we don't have a problem printing all the money we need.
Americans. We have a problem. And, its not one that has just happened. It's a problem that is decades in the development. And, unless we get our hands on the throat of this problem and choke the life out of it, this once great nation is going to continue its downhill slide to a point that it will, as many a great nation has done in the past, collapse from within and die.
A question that some of the folks out there in North Dakota are asking is "what's in it for me"? Like, when did the taxpayers from either of these states send money to help them dig out from blizzards?
Ok, get off your defensive high horses. We are a United States of America. And, we take care of our own. That's one of the things that makes us special. We even send billions of tax dollars to all sorts of people in all corners of this world when they need help recovering from a natural disaster. It's the right thing to do. Right?
Not no, but HELL no! We don't have anything extra to share with those countries. We don't even have enough to take care of our own. Let me know if you find those outpourings of money or donations coming into this country when we suffer an attack from the likes of a hurricane, an earthquake, a flood, or forest fires that burn for months. But, let a third world country get clobbered, and you'll see tax dollars by the billions (dollars that we actually borrow from China, then repay with interest) going to their aid. Not to mention all of the good hearted people, many representing churches, who pack their bags and tools and head out to help rebuild.
Being politically incorrect and insensitve, but realistic, I'll tell you that, thanks to us, those places "devastated" by storms are oftentimes better off when we leave than they were BEFORE the storms.
So, where are the other countries when we get nailed? Why is the weight of the world on the shoulders of the United States? We certainly seem to contribute much more than our (I hate these words) fair share. It's like our president and his liberal socialist fiends (yes, that's the word...no "r") who want to let the minority of Americans pay their fair share so those who don't want to work don't have to.
Don't get me wrong. Or, if you want to, that's ok. If a person, a state, a society is in trouble, I'm all for lending a hand. And, I don't expect anything in return, except maybe a thanks. The key word here is helping. There is a big difference between a helping hand and a handout.
When you check out the list of countries on our handout list (aka, foreign aid), you might be surprised at just how much we give to whom. Countries that are not in dire straits. We give them money, we're told, because we want to keep them friendly to the United States. Why? Why do we need to be friendly with countries that could care less about us? Do you think, even for a moment, that any one of these friends would not stab us in the back, given a chance?
Well, now here's a real kick in the pants. Several countries HAVE offered us assistance. Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill disasters are two recent cases. But, we DECLINED their offers!!!! Can you imagine? We don't mind giving, giving, and giving. We don't mind taxing our citizens to death. We don't mind having the 2% of the richest people in this country pay their fair share to keep the masses from having to lift a finger. But, we won't accept help when offered? We don't mind borrowing money to give to other countries; we don't have a problem printing all the money we need.
Americans. We have a problem. And, its not one that has just happened. It's a problem that is decades in the development. And, unless we get our hands on the throat of this problem and choke the life out of it, this once great nation is going to continue its downhill slide to a point that it will, as many a great nation has done in the past, collapse from within and die.
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