Which Krystine are you talking about? Also, I'm not trying to minimalize your or the American poor condition, I'm just saying there are those in Haiti who eat only once a day about every three days and what they eat is a plain rice gruel - those are the ones that are doing good. Others eat less often - there is an amazing difference.
I agree with you regarding regular Foreign Aid - it is worthless for the majority of poor people. Steve -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:56 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] [USP] Sunstein: Econ crisis could usher in socialism Wolfe, Stephen S Civ USAF AMC 6 MDSS/SGSI wrote: > Our (U.S. Poor) are wealthy compared to truly destitute third world > nations -- Haiti, is an example here in the western Hemisphere. > > I say the above not to detract from providing meaningful aid to truly > disadvantaged people, the trick is how to provide the aid in a useful > long lasting way that isn't a hand out but enables the people to take > care of the self; to give them some hope. Hi Steve, "They" want you to believe that. It is a damned lie. None, or next to none of the foreign aid reaches the "poor", it is all diverted to the private profit of those who have no need for aid. This has been the case as long as there has been foreign aid. We have our own poor, care for our own. I run out of money every month by the 15th or so. I was getting by until the job was cut to 7 hours a week about a year ago. Am I poor? I guess not by your criteria. To be poor I have to "actually" die of privation rather than merely "almost" die. The people at the Senior Center are all having the same problem. We can't eat properly or get medicine for two weeks out of the month. Every month some of us can't absorb that food and medicine disruption and "actually" die like Krystine did a few month ago. We should be glad to take that risk so that the government can line the pockets of some third world dictator's crony? I guess so! >> Sunstein maintains: "If we care about social welfare > This international transfer scam has been going on for years and has > always had its fanboys in the press/media. Foreign aid generally winds > up in the pockets of *rich* foreign nationals, and that will happen with > most future programs as well. > > Like we don't have any poor amongst natural born US citizens. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
