Everything in the world right now is driven by money. It makes me sick... maybe because I work hard and don't have enough of it. The sticking point is how FOX News shoves it down my throat that the desire for money will drive anyone to do anything. What happened to helping your fellow man/woman? Humans are the masters of the universe; why aren't we behaving in a more compassionate way?
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Even more sickening is how were SET UP to think that way - how  modern government  makes it so that without money you can't have a decent house, decent food, or decent clothes. And at the same time, television and magazines make people think that they HAVE to have fancy clothes, homes, cars, etc., when that money would be better put to use in charity. As for answering your question, I think that the media and the government have the potential to do a big part in fixing that situation, but whether they will is another question.
294703
If you are poor and repuglican you are an idiot, you don't keep more of your money because of the repuglicans, the rich and even more so the very rich do. I for the life of me do not understand how anybody making less the 100 grand a year would vote for repuglican leadership because every time that they do they shoot themselves in the ass. They have bought the repuglican rhetoric like damn fools. The lack an understanding of basic economics. Another point I would like to make is that the repuglican party is not any more moral then the democrats. Just check and see who is under indictment at the moment to see that.
184641
Life is mean to people that don't have also, or in other terms "poor people", because people don't understand things they don't know. People are all for themselves these days. They are all about bettering themselves, and their family. They don't care about anyone else, and you are a "poor person", then you can't do anything for them so they don't care about you, therefore run over you. Since America is based on money, and money only these days. If you have a lot of money you can do a lot of things. Why...... because America is based on money, which is a good thing for the people who have the money, but It's LIFE for the people who don't
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Thank the pro-hispanic lobby on this one, what it largely seems to amount to is a 'shotgun wedding' between the US and Mexico, and american taxpayers are supposed to buy off on all this garbage and not bat an eye. Since the reverse effect is happening, well it kind of shows that the GOP's head and hind-quarters aren't very well connected anymore, or one has lapped the other, something like that...what this also brings to light, though, is all these other 'programs' that give money away all over the place, Matthew Lesko's dream-come-true, and the taxpayer's worst nightmare, wealth redistribution in the worst possible sense. I think if we're going to help Mexico, it needs to be a lot more metered, and done AFTER the border's nailed shut, so as to minimize the negative impact on american communities. I think when the House finally gets around to consulting the voters on this one, there's going to be a general consensus going back to washington that basically says 'fix the border, and forget the rest of it'. It's a nice idea to try and help others, but if that 'help' is just going to get abused, there's not much point to it. Necessity's the mother of invention, and a lot of the people that originally settled the United States didn't get much 'help', because there wasn't any. Let's not have any more of this 'give away the country to appease your 3rd world business partners' garbage....Mexico could be rolling in money(some already are, they just don't share out) and feed, clothe, and educate every last one of their citizens, probably just off their oil revenues, but instead they'd like to ride the american guilt trip into a split-level condo...time for voters/taxpayers to wake the hell UP and say 'no mas' at the polls, come november...
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Jojo, money is not the root of all evil----it is the LOVE of money.  We need money for everything.  And, yes, as some have said, money creates power.  I believe the love of money is what the problem is.
347501
I agree! It seems as though things in our government have gotten out of hand. I don't know if it would take a good president or the united states keeping our noses to ourselves. Its like we are trying to fix the world and we can't even fix ourselves. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thinks our America is in need of dire help. Good job for speaking out.
558805
It is greed, the repuglicans are all greedy to the very last one. This country as rich as it is with all the very rich people should have a very red face for not taking care of our own. Excuses like paying somebody to set on their fat ass's and not work is a cop out. Find a way to put these people to work and with a wage and health care good enough to take care of their family's. Do not just condemn them. Health care should be for everybody. The insurance company's need to be taking out of the mix as they are the problem. They are making a huge amounts of money off of the misery of humans. No one should be hungry in this the nation of plenty. An education is a way to life everybody up. It should be a right. It would be good for America as a whole. That is why I vote Democrat as I feel most of them do feel as I do.
196548
It is ridiculous,  and I am scared about it.  The gas prices drive up the prices of all other products because, the products have to be driven to the stores in trucks run with gasoline.  So, not only do we end up paying more for gas, but for everything else as well.\nNow, I suppose for the upper and probably mid-level middle class this isn't that huge of a deal, but if you are mostly paycheck to paycheck, like my family, this can really hurt.\nOf course the rich get richer....that's just the way it goes.\nAnd what bugs me is that there isn't even a good reason for this gas spike...it is just speculation in the market driving up the price....\nWhere is our president when we need him?  He is NOT here for the majority of citizens in this country.  He has an agenda that goes against helping his own country, and that is pathetic.
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Do you mean if there is any change in the world hunger/starvation situation?  We shouldn't do anything in the event of change .... WE SHOULD **BE** THE CHANGE!  The United States is blessed beyond belief with resources, and we should share them with others... not just other countries but with our own people as well.   There are so many poor people right here in the United States.  Now I am certainly not suggesting that we only take care of "our own"...but rather that we should help ourselves AND those in other countries.  Are you in the U.S.?  If so then I'm sure that you are aware of the enormous amount of food that rots in the dumpsters.  It's sickening.  There is so much that we could do, but yet we don't do it because our focus is on earning a buck and making sure that the rich here remain as exactly that- RICH.  Major reform is needed.  Generosity is needed.
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I asked my Dad that question forty years ago and he told me that America has always been asked for money, because we could. Most of it was loans some is paid back, most isn't. This is how I remember people in other countries saying we were the biggest, strongest, and most giving nation. Now as the old die off and the new younger generation take over, they don't know how it all started. Now were told that we brag, but I believe it's because they liked us and helped make us proud of ourselves. I wish we could quit giving so much, not to be stingy, but because other places are spoiled. And like spoiled children they respect us less and less. The bad thing is it spread right back to us, and all the liberals talking bad about America. It didn't happen over night, it started many years ago.
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its not really the medias job. coz they never do a good job anyway. we here plenty about the starving kids in Africa, but we never hear about all the awesome things that are happening over there coz of the people who care. we never hear about the rich people who get some compassion and send enough money via world vision to pay for an entire community to have enough drinking water for a year, we never hear of the great churches who go over there and build orphanages, and dig wells and start schools and give clothing and stuff.\n\npeople dont care. and those that do care, are so discouraged by the enormity of the situation that they dont bother to help coz they dont think they can make a difference. if they only saw the awesome difference people are making already, they might be encouraged to at least sponsor one child or something.\n\nplus.... some of these poor countries? you go to one side of the country and there is NOTHING. absolutely 100% poverty, then the other side of the country is full, overflowing with riches and wealthy businesses and stuff. if one side of the country helped out the other side, it would be one awesome steady country. it would prosper. but people cant even look over there shoulder to the other side of the country. its ridiculous.\n\nthe media, suck at there job. but we cant talk. we dont bother to seek out who needs help ourselves. Education will help a little. but most still just say "oh how sad" and get a little down from it for a day or so, then move on with there financially stable eyes without batting an eyelid at ther wallets.\n\nwe need education alright. we need the bible. we need GOD. He shows us that we are to give give give give give to the poor.. and more! maybe we should put Jesus back into the classroom. He sure does the job right.
85424
You are so right about this...Money always causes so much trouble...it's just money, ya know?  We would be so much better without money, these people down the street for me there called minonights, not sure if I spelled it right, but they don't believe in electronic things..have no TV, radio computers, they grow there own food, never go to the grocery store, I mean they grow vegetables and fruits, make there own bread, they make there own cloths and they always seem so happy and don't need much money,...Let's just pray about it..God bless
613191
I think the issue is more then a depression. The United States is losing confidence throughout the world. Foreign and American investors are turning to Europe as the solidified economy. A depression indicates a periodic significant drop in the economy. I think its going to be much worse. It will be permanent. New jobs consist of unskilled and underpaid positions. When 10,000 Americans are applying for jobs that pay 8 dollars an hour, just so they can work, and basic fuel products, gasoline, natural gas, heating oil etc are skyrocketing, how are people going to afford this at 8 dollars an hour? We are watching the decline of the American dream and hence its empire. This is sadly written by someone who loves America.
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good news doesnt sell. the ultimate end here is money. sensationalism is the point.  and making people create more is the aim.
569603
You do have some good points here,however I will have to say that alot of the consumers are greedy because the world has made them this way.If none of us were greedy then non of us would have to work so hard to make ends meet in order to barely survive.Grocery store for example:If the government was not greedy then the grocery stores would not be charged such high prices for the products and therefore we would not have to pay such high prices for food,we would therefore have more to share with others.Now you take the average person that is barely getting by and expect them to share what they do have?I do not think this is greed.Now you take the rich man that takes high dollar vacations or has two,three or more classic cars and still buying but will not donate a cent to the needy.This is greed.Now lets look at some more interesting facts,Some may disagree with me but I am entitled to my own opinion as with anyone else is entitled to their own opinions.Gas companies,The cost of gas has sky rocketed as we all know this.Some say the gas companies are getting rich due to what they hear on the profits of the companies.These profits or dollar figures are based on what the companies made over the last quarter.Is what nobody is looking at is the expenses of the companies.All of these companies are in debt and owe a fortune.Yes it is true that the made billions last year or last quarter but they also spent billions.The problem with this is the government all the way up to the president of the United States and the ones before him and so on.This country is so far in debt to other countries that there is no way to ever repay all the money.Sure,the country pays out alot of money each year but is what is not accounted for until next year is what we are barrowing at the same time.This is not greed either,It is called out of control and no way to recover.So to sum it all up,The only greed that I see is the rich one that thinks they have it all and has never worked a hard days work in their life and thinks they are way over everyone else and refuses to share.\n\nenough said\n\nGood luck and God bless you
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I wish more people would ask questions like this....\n\nLet me answer it by making an analogy with how some people are here in the USA or anywhere for that matter...\n\nAnalogy 1:\nWhy worry about how much money you will spend when you know that you will ALWAYS be bailed out by someone with lots of cash...\n\nAnalogy 2:\nWhy does anyone really care to Work when there will always be someone there to give you money?\n\nThe whole idea is that we give money to a lot of countries because we want to avoid allowing a power vacuum to be created in most of these countries.   What generally happens is when devastation happens, Mafia types come in and give money and aid and then expect a return.  The return they want is total power and control.  If they don't get it, they can and usually do throw a country into civil war.\n\nSo, generally, we do it to avoid wars and avoid chaos in the world.   If we would have corrected the problems in Afghanistan back when Russia was fighting there, we would not have the problems we have now.  The Taliban would not have taken control of a power vacuumed nation and made it what it was.   So, that should have been a major wake up call...\n\nGood Luck on your answers...  Hope this kind-of helps...
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I love you for this.\n\nYou see we have to reduce our wants, settle for whatever is good for us, not whatever is best -Best is the enemy of good.\n\nWe are driven so hard by our own desires and wants that we fail to see where we are heading or what are we doing to those who matter most.\n\nJust imagine, around twenty years ago we could do without a cell phone but today it is a necassity and we are compelled to pay the bills by adding yet another expense to our budget. This in turn makes us work longer hours, may be accomodate this payment within our budgets. One more item to worry about.\n\nIf we look around us, there could be anumber of things that we could do without but we just don't for any reason. Our desires run us, not us running our desires.\n\nThis is a subject for a much detailed discussion, but am glad there is someone who at least realizes the trade off that we are making.