In our society it is common place to give to those who are less fortunate. We channel tons of money to other countries to help them with the downtrodden.
We also give tons of money to entities owned in other countries. These things are commodities, oil, vehicles, etc.
So you would think that others would be generous with their money also.
Apparently not. It seems that the UN Taskforce for Global Food Crisis is calling out the OPEC countries for not helping out. It seems that the US is leading the pack on giving, which is not surprising. We have given around $250 million so far this year and will be over our pledge for the year. This is one of those things that i have to give praise to our government on. So even though i don't care for most of what our government (or the UN for that matter) does, i do think this is a good cause.
However all of the OPEC nations combined have given only $1.5 million so far this year. This is ridiculous, the billions they make just from us alone, and they can't help anymore than this.
I think it is time to stick it to them. Lets make our government reduce the red tape here and allow pumping from our own supply, and supply our own country ourselves. At that point we can say Screw You to the Opec nations. This would help on more than one front. It would give us cheaper gas, thus giving us more money, thus allowing us to be more charitable, thus helping more people. And it would also hurt the OPEC nations income and bring their attitudes down a few notches.
Lets lead the way on this!
Viva Liberty!
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