How can we Help the Most?

[Huckleberry Finn]

How many of these other nations of coming running in to help us when we were hit by 4 devastating hurricanes. When the midwest was flooded out. The west was burning, flooding or whatever. These nations do not contribute one red cent to us. We are not *obligated* to give the most money of any nation in the world, especially when it comes out of every Americans pocket. Sorry, it does sound cold but I agree with David S. Charity begins at home and is NOT the job of the federal government.

You can't compare Florida hurricanes to this. USA is the richest country in the world so it's clear that you didn't need financial help. Nations in South East Asia obviously need. If thousands of Americans would be killed by a hurricane/earthquake situation was different and responsibility of foreign nations was help you by sending rescue workers etc. 

[Huckleberry Finn]

How many of these other nations of coming running in to help us when we were hit by 4 devastating hurricanes. When the midwest was flooded out. The west was burning, flooding or whatever. These nations do not contribute one red cent to us. We are not *obligated* to give the most money of any nation in the world, especially when it comes out of every Americans pocket. Sorry, it does sound cold but I agree with David S. Charity begins at home and is NOT the job of the federal government.

You can't compare Florida hurricanes to this. USA is the richest country in the world so it's clear that you didn't need financial help. Nations in South East Asia obviously need. If thousands of Americans would be killed by a hurricane/earthquake situation was different and responsibility of foreign nations was help you by sending rescue workers etc. 

Yes, so, because the US isn't dirt poor we dont count for anything when we suffer Hurricanes, Tornados, Earthquakes, etc. every year.  Thats such a caring position.  It just makes me want to be so charitable to the rest of the world.

I can understand you point, but I think every nation has responsibility to take care of its own problems first. Only if it can't do it, it's responsibility of others to help. (It's like a society generally. You are not going to donate for upper class family whose house has been destroyed by flood) I can't remember a single disaster when Finland would have been got any foreign help since 1940's and this is because we are the wealthy country (where any really big disaster hasn't been taken place. )