Thread: Haiti

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

As far as I know, we are doing what we are doing with permission from the Haitian government. If we turned down some specific actions from other countries, I'm sure there are reasons not given in the article. We have not told anybody they can't donate at all.

How do you feel about the fact that the U.S. has pledged $100 million so far and has given Haiti $1.5 billion since 1990?

You seem to take these dollar amounts at face value without even wondering to yourself what they really mean. Where did you get this $100 million figure? What is that money being used for, exactly? Are the salaries of the soldiers carrying guns and turning away mexican planes full of humanitarian supplies included in that figure? How much of that $100 million is actually benefiting Haitian citizens? Do you know?