The thing is it makes no sense that there is no economy in Haiti. Their location and the fact they are connected to the Dom. Rep. and geographically right next to Cuba gives the country no reason to be unsuccessful. Yet they export nearly nothing and import nearly nothing. Their tourism trade has dwindled to almost non existant.
They have no system of education, they barely bother to export anything, they have no system of health care, there is a huge unemployment number yet most of the businesses that opperate there are under employed. Haiti used to be one of the richest places in the world then “the world” left Haiti to its own devices and it ended up where it is today. One of the biggest contributing factors to this is the ignorance of the people. Many of them refuse to learn anything. Literacy in most cities is 10% yes 10% of the population can read. Lots believe or blame the voodoo religion that is wide spread down there but it breaks down to plain and simple ignorance. There have been literacy programs run in Haiti since the American occupation started in WW2. Most institutions report classes of 5-10 people if that.
The US has been aiding Haiti since 1946 and really just throwing money down the drain cause it only becomes more and more of a shit hole. So when i see all this money being sent over there when there are millions of Americans who worked long and hard for everything they have and lost it all due to this economy and our nations debt still struggling it pisses me off. There are people in this aerea code more deserving of that money than Haitians. We as well as other parts of the world have been handing this county the means to better itself for decades and it only continues to spiral down the drain. I’m tired of seeing my money, that i pay in taxes go to silly things. Donate money to native amercians so they can build casinos sure 100% why cause they are creating jobs and helping their people. Donate money to Tsunami releif to a country that was well developed and a toursit attraction sure get those people back in their homes and working. Donate money to a country full of the impoverished who show they are trying to improve Im down for that too but to a country that has been taking aid for years deacades heel generations and only been sinking deeper and deeper into nothingness is stupid. Especially the amounts we just sent over there. The welathiest people over there equate to the value of the average middle class american citizen here. With the amount of money we just sent over there and the number of people who just died we just gave them a great reason to sit back and relax.
Honestly who do you think that $$ is going to. I can tell you not the poor. its rebuilding the homes of the rich who are just going to use it to become richer and lazier. Like someone said to me the other day we just paid for a bunch of new kitchens, escalades and big tvs. The poor will get a few cans of beans and a Susan Sarandon commercial