http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130629663
Where is the money from the pledge that the US made to aid Haiti?
How amazing is it that Hilary Clinton can give $500,000. for a stove project, while reneging on a pledge of aid, when there is such a dire need for it?
America where have our priorities gone?
We pay for other countries defense shields, like money was piss water to be poured out where ever the threat of terrorism is a remote possibility of happening, but when it comes to humanitarian aid there seems to be no more piss to pour.
This entire situation of reneging on our own pledge of aid to those who seriously need it, just makes the giving or taking of more Wall Street welfare, just that much harder to swallow.
How sick will it make you this time, when Wall Street rewards itself, for all the grief it's caused the taxpayers of this country as well as the rest of the world?
Meanwhile, of the total pledged, less than 15 percent has been delivered — and still none from the United States. Piles of rubble fill lots and block construction equipment.
The U.S. and others spent millions in humanitarian aid on home-assessment teams, but most of the properties deemed relatively safe remain empty because people cannot afford them. Little has been spent on new homes, with money going for tarps, tents and the sturdier "t-shelters" — made with wood and metal to better withstand wind, rain and tremors.
Hardly anyone has credit for a mortgage or construction loan. Building materials are more expensive than ever. And land title is governed by a broken system ripe for exploitation by speculators looking to cash in on reconstruction — whenever that happens
