“Doesn’t make sense, does it? Homeless in the US go without eating. Elderly in the US go without needed medicines. Mentally ill in the US go without treatment. American troops go without proper equipment. American veterans go without benefits that were promised. Yet we donate billions to other countries before helping our own first. 1% will re-post and 99% won’t. Have the guts to re-post this. I KNOW I’M IN THE 1%”
As seen on facebook. It’s my new goal to not get into political arguments on facebook so I’m going to post this here instead because that’s way better somehow. The point is? This is BULLSHIT. Bullshit. If you believe this is true, you are incredibly ignorant of the US Budget and how valuable foreign aid really is, not only from a moral standpoint but how it is valuable to our own self-interest.
99% won’t repost it because hopefully they’re fucking smart enough to realize what a steaming pile of bullshit this is.
Even on a personal level, it’s ridiculous because people who donate to help other nations are also far more likely to donate to domestic causes. You think because I give some money to Japan or Haiti, that means I don’t donate to anything more local and ongoing? Silly and hardly mutually exclusive. It’s almost like someone pulled the 99% vs. 1% thing out of their ass or something!
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