When there is a disaster in another country why is Britain the 1st or only country to give money for aid?

Question

I mean we are only a small country but our government gives away millions of pounds in aid to help. When any disaster happens in our own country we don't get any help or aid from other country's let alone our own government. Whenever we need money in this country our government says there is no money to pay for it but they always have money to help other country's.

Am I the only person who has noticed this? Does anyone agree with me?

Answer 1

The answer is obvious, most countries give aid, it is reported in their national newspapers and as people only read their own national newspapers, everyone thinks they are the only donors.

Answer 2

America does it too, and it pisses me off.

Answer 3

I believe it is commonly known as "money laundering".  

Answer 4

An act of generosity and an act to ensure supremacy.

Answer 5

Because it pleases the University and College campus and keeps this Labour Government looking good in the eyes of the political fringe and protest groups!

Answer 6

wrong...america is the world's largest donor by far.....read about it

http://www.heritage.org/research/tradean...

Answer 7

And you think Britain is the only country that does this?  For your information, narrow minded thinking like that is probably the reason

why you also think you are the only person who notices.  The USA

is the worse for doing things like that, even more so than Britain.

How many 'pounds' have reached the victims of Katrina Hurricane

that demolished New Orleans?  Even this country has has turned

a blind side to these people and now a new hurricane is threatening them, where will Britain be then, better still where will the 'good samaritans' of this country be.  We all can find something to whine about if we look closely enough!  

Answer 8

I don't think we always are !

Other countries just don't publicise it as much !

Answer 9

Other countries give aid as well, it's just that the British media concentrate on British aid.  

Answer 10

We have an over developed conscience connected to colonialisation.

Answer 11

Because they secretly want to colonize it and make its people slaves to Mother England?

Answer 12

We aren't the only country, sometimes others will dig

also

STOP giving them money to live we need people dieing there's already more people being born than dieing. IT WILL GET OVERCROWDED

Answer 13

Millians of pounds huh, well the US gives billions away.  Instead of taking care of our own, we pump it into people who either hate us or dont want to try to take care of themselves.  How about the law of nature, survival of the fittest.  We all werent meant to live forever.

Answer 14

Because we (Americans) are tired of shouldering the load ourselves, and then getting criticized for it. As for why some countries may give aid and then not disclose it to the media, charity is more blessed when it's private. The phrase, "Do not even let your left hand know what your right hand is doing", comes to mind.

Answer 15

Our leaders like to play " Mr Bountiful ". They forget that Charity begins at Home. One does not mind giving help to our friends and allies but we do not need to feed the mouths that Bite us.

Why only yesterday we have heard of Churches in India being attacked and Priests butchered . The Christians who are from the poorest of the poor in Orissa had to scatter into hiding from the  Hindu extremists .Their crime ? They were accused leaving their Untouchable status for Christianity

How do we treat them Here ? We allow them the freedom s we ourselves do not enjoy in many areas.