That is why I am asking. Could you explain it to me. Where does this money come from?

First of all, the government in Haiti now was democratically elected. Perhaps, totellthetruth, you are thinking back to previous dictators of Haiti who were strongly supported by the US as part of the Cold War. Second, the US government is directly helping. If we spend money on food, US personnel will be distributing that food. It is not giving money to the Haitian government and hoping for the best. Third, the actual administration of the country is largely the multinational force led by Brazil and Uruguay.
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frogger, do you have any idea the scale of this effort, massive as it is, against the size of the US budget or, more appropriate, gross domestic product?
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It is surprising to me that we have reached a day and age where people actually show off the shortcomings of their personalities and ethical make-up. Do you ever tire of holding that pose? I mean, there's quite a lean to it.

Do we actually have money to send? I always wonder how we can find all this money to help these causes yet we are in debt up and past our eyeballs.

Wow, I didn't know that wanting to protect American soil before throwing money at a dishonest government that steals from it's own makes you racist. Thanks for the reality check and the update. I will be sure to send more money right away.

?????? looks like this is a tie (27-27). Didn't realize Rush Limbaugh & Laura Ingram & Pat Robertson had so many other fans that they would seew black people suffer immensly!!! This is too much a "ONLY ME COUNTS" era !!! Sure hope nothing catastrophic happens to these people.