No offense taken. I am originally from a third world country and I have seen and lived in an environment when there was not always running water, electricity was not 24/7 etc. And yes, I do donate and sponsor. Any other questions?
Start donating.
Ok, I have nothing against donating at all, its there own money and you can spend it however, I just don’t see why this should be made such a big deal when there all tons of countries who are just as desperate especially the Philippines.
I am with usmc2801 100%…
We are already sending 100 million dollars of money we don’t have to help another country out. If it happened to us, how many countries would step up and do that for us? I understand it sucks, and people’s lives are at stake, but there are people like that in our own country, let’s take care of them first
Yeah point taken… But many other countries do not share the same wealth and access that the US has, so it’s almost unfair to ask this question.
The way I see it is, if you want to donate to something, we have PLENTY of starving/homeless people right here in our OWN country that are very bad off and could use our assistance. I am not saying it is a bad idea to donate if you are willing, but there are def better places the money could go.
BTW, don’t use a text service to donate. Go right to the Red Cross where 100% of your money will go towards the relief.
Ever got a call from the “police or fire dept” asking for a donation? Well the people calling you are not the police or fire dept. They are a privately owned company in the business of placing collections for the local depts. They take $.75 out of ever DOLLAR you donate leaving the real reason you donated left with $.25!!!
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heres an idea… donate that $10 to something that helps our own country out. There are plenty of people here that could use that money just as much. I dont mean to be a dick and I feel sorry for what has happened, but we need to start taking care of our own people before we go gettign into further debt helping someone else.
my .02
Hurricane Katrina donations from other countries.
People…it’s called being there for your fellow mankind in their time of trouble. Whether it’s $0.01 or $100,000,000,000,000.00 it doesn’t matter. You’re still helping. The money amount you can donate is so minuscule that you can donate to Haiti AND your average American bum. Although, I generally am FAR LESS sympathetic to the average American bum because you know what? You live in the F’in states. You had your chance at a good education, etc. etc. Regardless, I still donate regularly to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc.
Many of these people don’t even know what a book is. Or what a clean hot bath feels. Or what tooth paste is. They don’t have the BASICS. A homeless person in America could technically walk into a store, wash up, and be clean ALL DAY.
And don’t give me any BS. I lived in Ukraine. I was there when I was 6, so I know how hard it can be. And I was just there in August. Guess what? NO HOT WATER unless you have your own heater (which costs $$$).
STFU and donate. Or don’t. Either way, STFU.
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Ain’t. Sendin’. Shit.
Many. Remember hurricane Katrina?
not sending anything, that 100million dollars is more money than that place has ever seen. They dont need anymore. yeah its sad but its natural disaster. Id rather put that money towards the katrina victims down in new orleans
fuck the other countries ,like the us dont need it any worse than the haitins do .how many hungry,sick,homeless and unfortionate do we have here . if ya cant take care of yourself how can ya take care of somone else
i mean dont they always say on the planes to put “your own oxygen max on first before helping others”…
If you going to donate, Red Cross FTW
I’m not giving shit because I just found out that the company I’m working for is giving them $2.5mil, they don’t need my $10.
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“America, Fuck Yeah!”
This text donation is through Red Cross.
Until the most recent administration we’ve been funneling millions into Haiti to keep it alive.
It really, really sucks what those people are going through…but, I mean…idk.
We have plenty of problems here, many of which are not absolutely critical to our survival, but different situation…idk. I won’t be personally sending anything.
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People in lower class fam’s around the country have empty food cabinets. Send them something to eat instead.
World Police FTL
^Everyone should read this again…Agreed 100%. IMO take care of your own before you take care of others. $100 Million here(haiti), $636 Billion there(Already cleared for Iraq war this year obviously different circumstances but it still adds up) and not to mention all the other countries the U.S pours money into. Has anyone looked up OUR national current deficit lately?
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It sucks what happened, but how many countries helped out when 9/11 happened to us? I didnt see any relief programs coming from other countries helping with the costs of saving people from the rubble, clean up, rebuilding, and helping families that lost people…