"Bush announces $1 billion in aid for Georgia" Doesn't charity begin at home?

Question

Wouldn't that money be better off spent here in America?

Answer 1

Charity, indeed, begins at home.  Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Unemployment Benefits, Food Stamps, Aid For Dependent Children, etc., etc., etc.. Helping people who, no fault of their own, have lost their homes, businesses, etc. and are subject to disease, starvation, looting, etc. is part of "The American Way."  

Answer 2

that money could be used for something better it should stay in the u.s.

Answer 3

What an awesome question!

With all the folks loosing their homes, jobs, hurricane victims, folks without health care...um........Naw we don't need that money in America.

Answer 4

Yes, it does, but it's not charity. I'm forced to give taxes to support welfare and food stamps.

Answer 5

I think Americans should take to the streets against Bush. Look at ourselves. We still have Hurricane Katrina victims living out of trailers. Homeless and hungry veterans. I can go on forever. Like someone else posted, we need to fix our own problems first.

Answer 6

No charity with this administration has always begun in the Pentagon, which is where all this "aid" will go, after a short trip on the merry-go-round.  More Kellog/Root corporate welfare.

Answer 7

It, and all foreign aid, would be better off in the hands of the Americans who earned it. If they choose to give away their money, that's great. But it shouldn't be forcibly taken away and given to another country.

Answer 8

Yes and 'Aid' may be a misspelled word meaning 'arms'.

Answer 9

You would honestly think so.. I mean we havent even cleaned up from Katrina 3 years ago and now Gustav just hit down south again. I also dont see any other countries jumping in to help us so before we start helping others I think he should focus on things that need to be done in America