America Doesn't Care

As noted by former President Carter, "We don't really give a damn". This statement pretty well sums up the Corporate American attitude, but I feel that it does not really reflect the attitude of the general population. Corporations of course do not care about anything that does not in some way stimulate growth and profits but the people? Who gave till it hurt after the tsunami? Who sent large amounts of aid to war torn Sudan? Americans, even those against the Iraq war, have reached out to help people in that country. He is right in his stance on the corporate take on helping stem the tide of disease by pursing profits instead. The poorest nations in the world stand no chance of getting any control over disease because they clearly can't afford it. The numbers that he indicated were atrociously in our attempts to render aid to less developed nations. Christ said if a brother asks for something to give it to him and even to give beyond what he asked for. As a nation that is run by a supposed Christian , I find myself remembering another passage more vividly about it being easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Many things are being done in the government in HIS name but really they are nothing more than self gratifying measures that lack any real substance. Technology is one contributing factor that hinders these poorer countries from helping themselves. America was able to build its own infrastructure through hard work and dedication to development but in turn now we offer our knowledge at price that many can not pay. What I find to be even more revolting is that any attempt made by these countries to better themselves without being in the confined grip of American corporations is quickly thwarted by perfunctory donations. Handing these countries things that they can use for the short run but tying them to our pockets by offering further assistance at a price once the press has disappeared from the scene after capturing the god deed on film.