Millions of Afghans could go hungry...

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Our government doesn't care about its own citizens. Why would it care about people it bombed?

Whether or not this repub gov't cares, we should insist that it provide assistance. They easily spend billions on the death & destruction of war... billions that should instead be spent on humanitarian assistance. Don't the repubs claim to be pro-life?

Priorities, priorities, millions starve while billions are spent on death and destruction in Iraq. I keep wondering to myself how we got to where we are today. It's like some kind of fucking bad dream. How can people here ignore what we have done.

I know it was poor before we invaded, but we did little to alleviate the poverty and, in fact, made it worse for most. All our government has really done is allow for the poppy to become Afghanistan's #1 cash crop, so that some of the poor get money for food. Of course, it is at the expense of the safety of their citizens and the health of people buying this stuff.

Shit, shit, shit, sometimes I just don't get it.
They claim we are a "Christian Nation" but their kind of Christianity, for lack of a better term, SUCKS ASS!!!

Food!?! You can't roll around on a pastry roll like you can that dirty money! Money, money, money, moeneyeyoemoeneoyyyyyy!!!!!! Dollar bills smell like freedom! :crazy:

http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2006/ane/af.html

Not to mention many other nations (and private citizens) donating monies. The country has been wrecked from a quarter century of civil war; its going to take years to make it functioning again.

Another example of immoral priorities is the fact that our government supplies millions annually, including over fifty million dollars last year alone, to US mining companies to help them with their mining operations in places like Bolivia. It is touted as a way to improve the lives of the poor in Bolivia.

In reality, the average Bolivian miner lives in extreme poverty. Many work over 20 hours a day in US Corporately owned mines because they are paid, not by the hour, but by how many minerals they remove from the mine. Most don't last too long working in the mines. Because of unsafe conditions and lung disease, most die young after just about 15 years of work. In their place, often, children work in the mine to support their fatherless families.

We give rich mining companies millions every year so they can go exploit the poor miners in Bolivia? Does that sound right? I don't ever want to hear anything from anyone about how generous we, as Americans, are in helping poor people throughout the world. Yes, we give some, but when anyone with any perspective looks at the big picture, at how much we give corporations and how much we spend on the military, well, to put it frankly, we don't give jack shit!

Many people have said to me that they can't afford to give to causes, to help people like the poor, and I understand that completely. I can't afford gas for my car, so I understand. The reality is, however, that we all pay taxes, each and every one of us, even the poor. So when our government hands over money and weapons to some dictator in Pakistan or to some giant US farming corporation so they WON'T grow too much corn, well that is OUR fucking money.

Sorry about the rant. I just hate it when anyone thinks that our government actually does a lot to help people. It just pisses me off.

Please don't apologize for your rant! What you said is so very true.

Edited to add: I'm really glad you joined DU, 987654321 :hi: