A thought to Haitis?

I'm sure everyone knows the horrible news about Haiti's. If you're not aware, on January 12, 2010 an earthquake devasted Port-au-Prince and other densely populated areas. It's a terrible thing, i must agree but what I'm wondering is why the United States is getting involved. Call me selfish, or call my logical, either way I will still think that the U.S. getting involved is a bad idea.

The United State's government is currently 17 trillion dollars in debt. I believe that in order to help someone or something else, you have to be stable yourself or else you will get dragged down with the others. Yes, it is amazing that we help others and care but how can you take care of another country when we can't take care of our own right now?

Loosing everything is a horrible thing and it's very hard to recover from. Help is great. Help is needed, mandatory in almost a way but help is also something that should be given to a limit on the person or people given the help. I mentioned earlier that you can only help others if you are in the right position to help those in need. I help the unfortunate whenever i get the chance but I also don't give my full time because I need to take care of myself. I'm not a selfish person by any means. I do give back to my community and it's members. I walk the Walk for Autism, run the 5k and support charities and donate my money and time. I, however, know what my limit is, and when I need some 'me time' to take care of myself and to make sure that I can continue to help others the right way.

When a government is in debt and is struggling to take care of their citizens, they should not be dedicating their time to another country. Yes, helping is great! I agree. Help yourself and those you are responsible for first. We, America, are NOT responsible for Haiti's and the destruction there to full limits. Our help there is well appreciated, I'm sure. However, the Government helping itself would be appreciated here as well.

I'm sure that someone reading this is going to close it and not finish or someone is thinking that I'm a horrible person and am extremely selfish. Taking care of yourself, can get a bit out of control, and yes then it can become selfish but taking care of yourself and making sure that you're ready to help someone else with their problems is perfectly okay. You're never going to be able to fully help someone with their problems if you can't deal with your own.

My word to you: It's logical to take care of yourself. It's healthy.

Don't get out of control.