Wasn’t there an emergency disbursement from the US put together this morning? Late due to TrElon’s bullshit, sure, but it does exist
Nothing stops organizations & individuals from volunteering & helping as they want & are able to. But to act like it should be expected for America to send taxpayer money whenever disasters occur is a bit ridiculous. There is a housing & homeless crisis in America already. However I haven’t seen any tax cuts either so where the fuck is all the money going?
really, we should help them for reasons of empathy and morality (helping those with fewer resources).
but in terms of diplomacy, our allies trust us less when they see us hoarding our wealth rather than using it to help others.
if you really want to think in mercenary terms: improving the health and wellbeing of other countries improves foreign markets that American corporations can sell to, and distributing aid gives us an opportunity to engage with nations and make personal connections to advance our national interests.
but really, we should help them for reasons of empathy and morality.
so where the fuck is all the money going?
its going to all the fucking billionaires
Of course they do. Plenty of people help & donate like me cause they want to, not cause they’re forced to. When you force people to donate it is called theft. At one time in history people actually left the monarchy over it. But now you’re about to have another monarchy because you’re fine with it.
I could be wrong, but I don’t think america started because they were whiny about ~1% of their taxes going to help people
We’re kinda in the middle of a hostile takeover right now, thanks.
(This is heavy sarcasm, just in case)
I’d say the affected states will call out for help, and international communities will send it. But Trump will huff and puff from his high seat claiming his own help will be great, then actually do very little himself. He won’t outright block outside help though, because it’ll be mostly free aid…
He will however absolutely nitpick every single thing offered, vastly delay it with checks at the border, and talk about how stingy other countries were and how inferior their offered aid was, while also refusing any federal aid.
with this neat trick america is clipping directly through the floor, totally skipping Cerberus and falling straight into hell