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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
why do people have to say, well if you do such and such it will look good to so and so.
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Because
THAT, my dear ShaniFaye, is politics, in a nutshell.
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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
These people are hurting and in major need....I dont think they give a flying monkey fart about the US's "image"
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Very true, unfortunately there will always be those that look at things like this, and ask themselves; "How can I use this to my advantage?"
What all of those initial aid figures failed to take into account, was the amount of aid that was going to be raised by private donations. So, the "stingy" thing did kind of bite a little. The government may only be sending X amount of dollars, in the form of aid...but John and Jane Q. Public can always be relied upon to send exponentialy more.