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Well the thing I fear is that this administration is outspending the Bushies by billions and we will soon be bankrupt and unable to help our own. But then the goal of some on this planet is to reduce the USA to third world conditions and we are well on our way.
There are a lot of resources on each island at higher elevations. If Hilo is hit, for example, it will be devastating (particularly as a lot of the buildings downtown are historic and fragile)....but it will be a massive shocker if other communities on the island are affected. If Hawai'i needs help it may be in terms of $ for rebuilding, but there's a lot of manpower and resources right on the island that likely won't be affected.
The 1960 tsunami hit Hilo hard, but the the rest of the island was not affected much.
Like we did Katrina, right? In all seriousness, the US is so quick to move up and help other countries. But yet, they will forget their own people. Not only that, the point is WHAT WILL the other countries do for US? We are the USA who will help anyone. But what will they do for us? How much will they donate to help out our people who will be affected?
We have plenty of resources to take care of Hawaii on our own. If our response is disorganized (as it was in New Orleans), that's our problem. I don't expect other countries to save us from our ineptitude.
Well the thing I fear is that this administration is outspending the Bushies by billions and we will soon be bankrupt and unable to help our own. But then the goal of some on this planet is to reduce the USA to third world conditions and we are well on our way.
Cost of unneccessary war since 2001 = $956,606,700,000 or $705,000,000,000 depending on the source.
That would be world socialism We can't have our hand out every time we need help
You probably need a refresher course on "Socialism" then, most people here seem to be acutely unaware of what the definition is. Again, if you are scoring at home, after Katrina aid poured in from all over the world.
You probably need a refresher course on "Socialism" then, most people here seem to be acutely unaware of what the definition is. Again, if you are scoring at home, after Katrina aid poured in from all over the world.
Sometimes people help each other or countries help each other because, quite simply, it is the right thing to do
I only live about 15-20 minutes for Long Beach, CA. I'm going to go check it out right now. The last time even a small tsunami hit Long Beach, there was significant damage. This may get interesting!!!
Actually, the US government turned away lots of aid from foreign countries for new Orleans in the disguise of we take care of our own, and we saw how that turned out.
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We can't have our hand out every time we need help 
