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| | Junior Member Karma +/- Power: 0 Karma:  (10) | | Local Time: 07:07 AM Local Date: 29-Aug-2008
Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 24 Posts: 23 | |
 re: NZ to pledge up to $100 Million to Tsunami Aid
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Originally Posted by Penny It does seem to be a bit of a competition, atleast at the end of it some good will be done (I hope!). And I do believe in donating, this applies to both the government level and personal level, only within your means.
I have donated about $6 to it, because thats what I can afford, its like loose change from a shop or something, I'm not going to donate so much that I can eat myself.
The same should apply to the government, how can we afford to give away $20million a year, when we can't seem to pay the few million over 3 years or whatever to pay our radiologists a decent wage and attract more so we don't need to send our cancer paitients to Australia, OR delay treatment.
it just seems allot for us. | I agree with you.
A personal sacrifice is a grand gesture. But a politician sacrificing the welfare of his/her own citizens is a grand Jester. |
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