Along with your statement, why is it that we help others before we help our own people. Look at the impact of all the storms in this country. Our people go begging and scrapping while we send plane loads of help to Burma. Where’s the rest of the world? Where’s Saudi Arabia?
The OPEC nations give almost nothing to aid, according to UNCHR. So much for aid to widows and orphans, one of the 5 pillars of islam.