What the heck?

My heart goes out to the people who have been hit with the tornado in Missouri and all the flood victims of the Mississippi. You guys rock for your tenacity and drive!  This too shall pass. As I have said in the past, this country is fouled up!  I can understand helping other countries but why can’t we help ourselves first?  We have sent millions of dollars to Japan, millions to the Middle East, millions and to illegal immigrants but we cannot seem to get it right in this country.  We send money or resources to several countries I cannot even talk about. In my opinion, we should start charging admission to our country at the boarders and talking that money and giving it to the people who need it.  Maybe set up a fund for the Red Cross.  Floods, earthquakes, fires etc.  We have had our share of disasters but give me a break!  Some entertainers in the past have done free concerts etc to help the needy of this country because the government would not.  Remember “We are the world” All the musicians tried to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia? The Ethiopians tried to raise money to get Bob Dylan off the album.  How much did the government help Nashville?  Anyway, we need to do better.  Why can’t we seem to help our own?  We gave millions of dollars for the Aids epidemic in Africa.  How many people have died of Aids in the United States?  It is going to get worse before it gets better.  Yes some people will take advantage of this, but we need to try and fix the problems in this country before we should send another dime overseas.  How many countries have sent donations to us or helped us in time of need?  Not many!!!  You hear this place and that place will receive Federal Aid but it takes months, sometimes years to get to help the people of this great country.  We need to fix the infrastructure of this country first before we send another dime overseas.