Man, there are NO JOBS here for us, NONE! The only ones listed want to pay you sh*** wages or are outright frigging scams. I just got scammed and hired for a job that was totally dependant on door to door sales commission only (In crime infested areas mind you) After dark hours, lol...as you can expect I walked out of orientation, but I digress, the fact is there is absolutely no work for US residents down here wtf are they going to do when they come here? Really??? Has anyone thought of that? Or will they be given jobs in cherry positions while I struggle to bring food to my childrens' table? That is my concern.

their country is leveled. They need help, and our Statue of Liberty says we will take them. ?????

we HAVE to until we change it. It makes us (me included) a bunch of hypocrits.

Now let me see if I got this right? The French turned their back and support for Haiti by giving them independence and they gave the USA Statue of Liberty.... Seems to me that the French are very clever.

Now who can we give a statue of Liberty to so that we may be allowed to take care of our own homeless, Vets of all US wars who our country has turned their backs on and are so willing to help another nation. If we can float off the Statue of Liberty to another nation then maybe we can finally take care of New Orleans, as we should have done in the first place.

Am I right we sent more aid to Haiti that we did for New Orleans and quicker?

All this aid and money sent out of country when we have 10% unemployment with people daily loosing their family homes. Our own American homeless are sick, cold, hungry and ill will start to be envious of Haiti and wish for their own disaster to happen before the American government and people to see and help them!

To quote another poster in this thread, "I am sorry for what they went through but it is NOT our responsibility to bail everyone out!" and I will add this to that quote, whilst ignoring our own people as we had our earthquake it was when millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes, life saving and retirement so that the banks and corporations drink and make merry! Let us not forget Katrina victims who are still suffering.

Edited to remember about the American Farmers who are going bust every day. I saw a program several nights ago on English TV whereas one farmer was quoted is saying that he was loosing $1500 on every tanker truck that leaves his farm. He then went on to show us the vacant farms in his community in the farming belt of America. The banks that we bailed out now owns these but are not working them! So I will leave with this last question. When the banks owns all the farms, who will feed the American people and those hungry mouths that we are now adding to take what we will not give to our own homeless?

If you want to give to Haiti that is your right but please don't forget about our own!


[edit on 1/20/2010 by IceHappy]

Originally posted by Merigold

Sorry but I have no compassion for them when I see so many Americans suffering in the United States.

Suffering??


How many American do you know that have no access to clean water? How many Americans do you know that live on less than 2 dollars a day? How many American children die of gastreontitis, in Haiti it's the number one killer of children.

But yeah it's not your problem of course, they are diseased third worlders, and it isn't YOUR responsibility to to take care of them. You have no compassion, you have no HUMANITY!


Some of the responses on here make me literally ill. Sometimes I am really ashamed of the human race.

I see you live in the UK so apparently you don't see who lives on the streets of America like I do.

These Americans have no water, they DON"T have 2.00 a day at all !!

Yeah, you're right, their not my responsiblity, they are NOT my problem, and No, we don't need anymore diseased, 3ed worlders in our country.

You are right about one thing you said:

I HAVE NO COMPASSION FOR THESE PEOPLE AT ALL!

P.S.
Why doesn't your country take in 45-50 thousand of them and show some HUMANITY and COMPASSION ???


[edit on 21-1-2010 by MagicaRose]

IN ADDITION... I distinctly remember everyone in the UN complaining and telling america to mind their own business and stop trying to police the world.
But hey when your # starts to rocking and a sinking then you want help?

make up your mind...all or nothing