Thy Sword Is Thy Heftiest Weapon

Welcome to America.
Land of the free! Home of the brave!
You are linked to the gov't this time, unlike Communist Chinese!
Therefore, technically, we're ALL in financial debt.

=D

So the U.S. is giving aid to the Pakistan flooding.
We have been a major support compared to the "aid" of all of the other nations.
And, yeah, I understand. Our predicament is a double edged sword. Or maybe a triple edged.

1.) Obviously, we're in debt. A lot of debt. $10 trillion in debt. You didn't know that? Now you know.
2.) We're helping now. Yay! America is so nice! But we're $10 TRILLION IN DEBT! How is this rational?
3.) If we didn't help, we'd be seen as douchebags.
a. I doubt trade with the U.S. would drop. If it did, it would be for an incredibly stupid reason. ("We're not going to trade with you because you didn't help the Pakistanis!") Actually, if the Pakistani gov't didn't trade with us, and we didn't help them, that would make sense. But, in turn, that would be a d-bag move.

Honestly... I don't think, in our current state, we should be helping Pakistan right now. Near-isolationist policies seem best.
Or maybe we should just jog Obama's memory that his current duty is to the United States, who, let's face it, isn't in that good of a condition.
But, we still are helping Pakistan. And everything seems to be going alright. So... I hate the cliché, but "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Then again, the U.S. gov't should be looking to helping out the states who are in debt. But they should first get themselves out of debt. And the states themselves shouldn't be spending all of this money on needless shit.

It's a cycle. And the obvious group to blame is the citizens. After all, we're the one who elected these idiots to control us in the first place, right?

But many fail to realize that human beings are cruel. Many still believe that we have good in us. That we're inherently good.
If that's the case, how come we have NEVER had an uncorrupt politician?
"With great power comes great responsiblitity."
And, great hubris, selfishness, and greed.

Welcome to the real world.

~Blader