We gave $ to help Haiti. Where'd that money go ?

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AURAPTOR

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:29 PM

Anyone know ? It sure as hell hasn't gone to the people who need it the most, the 10's of thousands of people still living in tents and tarps. Most of which were NOT provided for by the money donated. Most folks still had to buy their own 2nd hand tarps and building materials.

Virtually no drinking water, no toilets to speak of.

But to listen to the well spoken, neatly groomed foreign aid wonks, in air conditioned offices, the way they put it, everything that can be done is being done.

http://filmat11.tv/

Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/03/14/1972554/new-documentary-asks
-haiti-where.html#storylink=cpy

KWICKO

Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:15 AM

We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.

Odd that you never want to question that cost.

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.

Odd that you never want to question that cost.

Nice

Because of something completely unrelated , we should just go on and ignore what's going on (or NOT going on ) in Haiti ?

Really?

Wow. Unbelievably pathetic.

( not sure if that counts as name calling, Riona. But if it does, that's my 1st one since coming back )

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

HERO

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:35 AM

All the money went to solar panels, windmills, and algae.

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you." "I am forced to agree with Hero here."- Chrisisall, 2009.
"I agree with Hero." Niki2, 2011.

RIONAEIRE

Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:51 AM

My church has been working with other churches down there in the effected area, so we have friends down there that we can help out and know where the money is going, they send us pictures of the stuff they're doing, the people they're helping locally, we're into helping people to help themselves and improve things from the inside out. We've also been trying to send tangible things down there instead of just sending money, that way the higher ups can't just suck it all up and leave none for the people.

As to that experiment Raptor, I have decided to keep my experiments to myself and not tell people what I figure out about them, apparently by doing experiments and sharing the results it creates all manner of bizarre, irrelevent and unexplainable conflicts which are a hastle to try and make sense of.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

KWICKO

Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:44 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.

Odd that you never want to question that cost.

Nice

Because of something completely unrelated , we should just go on and ignore what's going on (or NOT going on ) in Haiti ?

Really?

Wow. Unbelievably pathetic.

( not sure if that counts as name calling, Riona. But if it does, that's my 1st one since coming back )

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

So it's NOT about the money?

So what is your point? If it's about money wasted, why won't you address the biggest moneypit in the last hundred years, your pet war in Iraq?

And if it's not about money and waste, then what's your gripe? That money was given to black people? I know how it always galls you when others try to help people of color...

BYTEMITE

Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:48 AM

Kwicko: America is wasteful and inefficient and takes inadvisable actions

AURaptor: foreign "aid" there is corrupt and not interested in helping Haiti. What they want to do it open up more labour to exploit, increase Haitian debt, and also take advantage of offshore oil reserves. I think that covers it.

But, I do commend you for taking notice and pushing it back into our attention.

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:01 AM

Yeah, a lot of that money is funnelled into the coffers of whatever punkass bitch we're propping up down there now (I believe it's one of Papa Docs former flunkies) after staging a pocket coup and running out Aristeade cause he was pulling them out of the mire our foreign policy would prefer them to be in - kinda like Hugo Chavez, only less crazy, and we helped depose his ass and replace him with yet another incompetent would-be-dictator so what would one expect ?

That said, almost equally irritating is that the big so-called charities are just as corrupt as any junta, and have lost sight of their purpose to the point where getting the money out of people IS the point - and parting with it to actually help people instead of running every more elaborate fundraisers and pocketing bloated salaries ain't.

There's good reasons I limit my donations and assistance to logistical support or equipment you know.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:28 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

So it's NOT about the money?

So what is your point? If it's about money wasted, why won't you address the biggest moneypit in the last hundred years, your pet war in Iraq?

And if it's not about money and waste, then what's your gripe? That money was given to black people? I know how it always galls you when others try to help people of color...

The money WASN'T given to the people. THAT's the " gripe" .

I can tell you didn't bother watching the videos or reading the story linked in the OP.

And apparently, you DON'T know me at all. Shocker.

Maybe you didn't care enough to donate. I get that. But why are you bringing up totally irrelevant issues like Iraq ? ( I think we all know why )

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

CAVETROLL

Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:36 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:
We gave $ to "help" Iraq, too. Where'd THAT money go? About a trillion dollars worth, so far.

Odd that you never want to question that cost.

That IS a good question.

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