Look, if our country couldn't afford to spare (and I'm pretty sure they already budget for this sort of stuff) a few million in charity, then I would be very, very scared. The economy in this country is far bigger than you realise. A few million quid is just a drop in the ocean.
The money is more likely an international gesture; it's not going to go very far.
Exactly, all we hear is how bad off our economy is and how there is not enough money or funding for our own National health service and then all of a sudden millions get plucked out of thin air to help someone else.
Stop throwing your bloody toys out of the pram and
think about this will you. Our economy is in a bad state - it's been burned and its recovering - but economies go through bubbles, we just happened to experience one bursting; it's perfectly normal, we're going to be alright.
Sure, people aren't finding it easy at the moment - I sure as hell aint - but how would that money we've given away - which is relatively tiny - actually change anything in
this country? Either way, that money is just throwing a trivial sum at something far grander. At least in Haiti, it can be immediately felt without having to trickle down the system. The government hasn't just stolen this money from somewhere or summed it up to give to someone else, don't be ridiculous. It's been there all along, for this exact reason: international aid.
As part of the first-world and part of an integrated national community, we have such an obligation to other countries. The days of closing our doors and sticking the finger up are long gone, you
need to realise this. In fact, if that was the attitude we did take, I guarantee you that we'd come out of this recession in a much sorrier state than we are at the moment.
You don't know what you're talking about, so do everyone a favour and stop screaming from the hilltops will you.
