Why the USA is a disgrace

[Jenny A]

I'm an American so I'll throw in my $0.02 worth. (That's two cents for those that don't understand US currency)

You want to bitch about all you think is wrong with my country, yet we are one of the FIRST countries to step up and offer aid to other countries who suffer a major catastrophe, such as an earthquake. Does Haiti ring a bell?

When the US was hit by Hurricane Katrina, how many other countries stepped up and offered us assistance? To this fucking day, we still have areas of New Orleans that have never recovered from that disaster that happened more than ten years ago. When FEMA failed to properly do its job, our own citizens organized a nationwide televised relief effort. What other countries did that for the American people that even came close to what our own citizens did?

MY country might not be perfect, but it's where I live. It's where I was born and raised. What I have noticed is that for all that's wrong here, we have given out trillions in aid to other countries and we have NEVER been paid back a single penny for it.

The next time another country suffers a natural disaster, I hope those bitching about how horrible we are, don't expect us to show up with our American Red Cross trucks, volunteers and supplies (such as potable water, food, blankets and building supplies). You clearly don't deserve it.

Actually, we received many offers of help, we just turned them down. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...13_pf.html You can find a list of public and private foreign aid to the U.S. here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat...funds_used
Including 20 million dollars donated to the American Red Cross by Australia.