[RightMike]

I'm sorry, I just find this horribly selfish. Helping out nearly 200,000 people is more important than our freaking national debt.

[ImpBill]

I don't mind the helping of people. In fact I give to charities regularly. I just object to using our "tax" dollars to do so. It, in my opinion, is not only unconstitutional, I find it immoral to TAKE citizens money and give it to any people, not in this country and not citizens, for whatever reason.

If we were really flush in the national coffers and not in debt and not funding every year with deficit spending (borrowing against future tax receipts) it might be a different story. And besides the government does not manage many things efficiently as they (the government) is using some one else's money.

It really sticks in my craw my friend, but not that the people don't need the help and that I don't want to help. I just believe it is an individual responsibility and "choice" to do so.

No Scrooge here when it comes to giving.