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money always affects their decisions
Quote from: rafsta on December 25, 2004, 07:24:10 AMmoney always affects their decisionsit's called capitalism. the "american dream" is to get welthy. i'm not tryin to defend the actions of the govenment, but you need to realize that everone in a free socaity is driven to get money. people what to improve thier qulity of life. the more capital you have, the better cars, clothes, education, ect., you can get.i'm sure money runs your world too
Quote from: East Coast G on December 26, 2004, 01:38:30 PMQuote from: rafsta on December 25, 2004, 07:24:10 AMmoney always affects their decisionsit's called capitalism. the "american dream" is to get welthy. i'm not tryin to defend the actions of the govenment, but you need to realize that everone in a free socaity is driven to get money. people what to improve thier qulity of life. the more capital you have, the better cars, clothes, education, ect., you can get.i'm sure money runs your world tooFirst, you should become able to spell words at least decently. Then we can talk about making money, alright?
Quote from: 7even the Harbinger on December 26, 2004, 02:14:07 PMQuote from: East Coast G on December 26, 2004, 01:38:30 PMQuote from: rafsta on December 25, 2004, 07:24:10 AMmoney always affects their decisionsit's called capitalism. the "american dream" is to get welthy. i'm not tryin to defend the actions of the govenment, but you need to realize that everone in a free socaity is driven to get money. people what to improve thier qulity of life. the more capital you have, the better cars, clothes, education, ect., you can get.i'm sure money runs your world tooFirst, you should become able to spell words at least decently. Then we can talk about making money, alright?go fuck a sloth
i agree with ant... America sucks balls, money always affects their decisions, american govt. is the greediest in the world... they may do good for the world, but the good they do 98% of the time has double meanings, they benefit either way... FUCK U.S.A AND the individuals there... ive met 4 Americans, all arrogant fucks, iggnorant think they shit diont stick... FUCK ALL OF U.S.A Everylast one of you, FUCK YA !!!!!!!
Which country is giving the most money and manpower to the victims of the Tsunamis in South Asia?
Actually we didnt send $35 million and your logic is retarded. Why would less-developed countries help a wealthy country when it needs money? If Bill Gates house burns down are you going to send him a check to have it fixed?
Eventually the U.S. may pledge to give more, but last I read, the IRC asked for $7 million and we pledged around $4 millionn. In comparision to the hundreds of millions we spend each day in Iraq, its a rather insignficant amount. In comparison, George Soros, who is villified by modern republicans, personally gives away around $400 million annually to a variety of global causes.
Really though this shouldn't be all that difficult of a concept. A billionare gives away 10k annually, or a guy making 35k a year gives away 1k annually, who is more generous?
Quote from: Ant on December 28, 2004, 11:22:52 AMActually we didnt send $35 million and your logic is retarded. Why would less-developed countries help a wealthy country when it needs money? If Bill Gates house burns down are you going to send him a check to have it fixed?Actually we did send $35 mil and YOUR logic is retarded. What about Canada or France? Are they so "less-deleveloped" that they couldnt help us during the Hurricanes or 9/11.The Bill Gates analogy was so stupid im not even going to comment.QuoteEventually the U.S. may pledge to give more, but last I read, the IRC asked for $7 million and we pledged around $4 millionn. In comparision to the hundreds of millions we spend each day in Iraq, its a rather insignficant amount. In comparison, George Soros, who is villified by modern republicans, personally gives away around $400 million annually to a variety of global causes. What the fuck is your point about the IRC? The US is not obligated to give shit to other Countries/International Organizations. We just do because we are kind and gernerous people. And what the hell is your point about George Soros? Just because he gives money the government should?QuoteReally though this shouldn't be all that difficult of a concept. A billionare gives away 10k annually, or a guy making 35k a year gives away 1k annually, who is more generous?The guy who is making 35k because hes giving 2.8% of his money while the billionare is only giving 0.001% of his money.
Let's try again. If someone has a disaster, and they can afford to fix it, why would other people give them money to fix it? If my house burns down, and I have more than enough money to fix my house, why would my cousin, who is well off, but makes less money than me, give me money to fix my house? I'm sorry the Bill Gates analogy was too extreme for you. This one is less, now feel free to explain your logic.
Secondly, I doubled checked, and around mid-day the U.S. pledged a total of $35 million, so on that issue you are correct, when I read about the story it was only $4 million. However, we initially pledged less, and after being called stingy by the U.N., the IRC, and others, we decided to give more. In comparison, we gave billions to Florida after the hurricanes. 50,000 people just died, and whole countries got fucked, $35 million, or even $50 million is insignificant. In comparison, we spend billions everyday on Iraq. Now, I'm not really arguing that we should give more, I'm only trying to point out, that we aren't really being international saviors when we give $35 million away. If it cost a few billion to help Florida, what is 35$ million really going to do for these people?
finally, I spent this whole threat pointing out that the U.S. is the least generous nation, and after everyone disagreeing with me, you actually end up agreeing with my main point. You said, at the end, the guy who gives a higher percentage of what he makes away is more generous, well the U.S. gives away only .01% of annual GNP, the lowest of every single developed nation. Now I've never said whether generosity is good or bad, I could make an argument that it is bad, but for everyone arguing with me that the U.S. is a very generous nation, the fact is, we are the least generous nation.