Foreign Aid is a great thing. It’s America being kind, and exhibiting that kindness through our national generosity. The total dollars we annually send to foreign nations in need is astronomical in proportions, yet we continue to send it without the first thought of repayment. We’ve sent hundreds of billions of dollars year after year to countries that feel a sense of entitlement to our American bounty & truly aren’t grateful for the gift. They simply expect it, and still hate us when they cash the check. Nonetheless, this is how we’ve behaved as global citizens since this nation won its independence over two and a quarter centuries ago. My issue is when we have Americans in need, such as with Hurricane Katrina, the recent floods in the north, or any number of our national disasters, our American government offers the victims “low-interest loans” as opposed to the “gifts” we give other nations. That seems less than I think we have every right to expect from our government. In the wake of a natural disaster in the boundaries of America, American dollars should be used without hesitation to make suffering American citizens whole. We are the only country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed without eating, elderly going without needed meds, and mentally ill without treatment - yet we have a benefit for the people of Haiti on all the TV networks, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents, clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies, much of which goes unused, stolen or sold because of mismanagement. Haiti was a cesspool before the earthquake, now we seem to have the goal of making them better than they were before their disaster. Imagine if we gave ourselves the same support that we give other countries. I feel bad for Haiti, and for other countries that have suffered natural catastrophes, but I wonder, who cares about America. I swear that I do, and I assume you do as well, but by their very actions, and the offer of “lo-interest loans” as a remedy, how could we think that those self-serving duly elected officials in the halls of government in Washington, care as much about America as the voters that sent them there? Do they really believe they were sent from their states and their districts to represent the citizens that voted for them, or do they assume themselves to represent the citizens of the world? We can’t be a good global neighbor until we commit to caring for our own people. America First!! Then we’ll be more fit to care for others.