Pd+8+Haiti

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 * HAITI

media type="custom" key="5974351" Editor Isaiah Lomax:

Editor P.J. McFadden: Should the United States help Haiti? Should the United States not help Haiti? I believe that the United States should not help Haiti. There are many people who live within the United States that are left to fend for themselves. There are children that go without food, proper shelter and medical care on a daily basis, year after year. The children and families in Appalacia are an example of this. Many of these people do not have the resources or the ability to access medical care if needed, or routine care. Many have never even seen a doctor their entire lives. Another example of this are the people of New Orleans. On August 29, 2005, a major hurricane (Katrina) hit. The devastation that resulted was immeasurable. Thousands of people were killed. Those that survived were left homeless. The hospitals were destroyed. The lack of clean water and food resulted in illness. Many residents of New Orleans needed to leave their homes to seek out new places to live – even if it meant moving thousands of miles away. These people needed to find jobs elsewhere. They needed to do anything they had to do in order to survive. The United States government was slow to respond to assist these people. Because of the widespread devastation, the relief effort took days. There are still many, many people that continue to live in trailers or some other makeshift housing. There are many senior citizens on a fixed income. Social Security is becoming a thing of the past. These senior citizens are unable to pay for their necessary medications. Many go without heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. Many are dying because of this. I feel as though the United States always reponds quicker to aid other countries than it reponds to aid the people of this country. This makes the United States look good to the ousiders. The amount of money that the United States spends to support the other countries is astonishing. It amounts to billions of dollars that we as a country do not have. The United States in in the midst of an economic downturn. Unemployment is at an all time high. Because of this, there are many Americans going without. Many Americans have lost their healthcare, homes and jobs. It is sad to say, but we, as a country, need to look after our own. Once we are sure that every American citizen is safe and has what they need on a daily basis, then we can help those elsewhere in the world that need our help.

__**political cartoonist:Luvina Kwon:**__ In this political cartoon there's a cabbage patch doll and "1980's" written above it. There is also a Elmo doll next to the cabbage patch doll, and "1990's" written above that. Next to the Elmo doll there's a Haitian orphan, and "now" written above it. Below all the doll there are people reaching for them. The doll and the year written above it is a symbol that means what people wanted in that time period. According to the cartoonist in the 1980's people wanted a cabbage patch doll, in the 1990's people wanted a Elmo doll, and the an Haitian orphan is what people want now. When the 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti there are a lot of orphans that have no home and no families. There are also many sick orphans and there family's can't take care of them. Because of those reasons, the American people want to adopt the Haitian orphans.

In this political cartoon there's an hour glass that symbolizes time, there is also poor and injured haitian people at the bottom of the hour glass, and there is emergency supplies on the top of the hour glass. In the cartoon the poor and injured haitian people are reaching for the emergency