The battle over federal spending is far from over, in fact, it’s
about to get ugly. Religious
leaders are coming at Congress with full force lobbying for the preservation of
foreign aid. Their approach, it’s
a moral obligation. “Part of the
discussion centered on the importance of reminding the American people that
hunger and poverty around the world has a human face – that we’re not just
talking about statistics, but real people,” states Reverend John McCullough,
Director of Church World Service.
It is much easier to sympathize to a face than it is to the idea of
giving monetary aid to the poor.
The limited amount of the federal budget already allocated
to foreign aid has proven to make a huge impact on millions upon millions
suffering from sever poverty. The
United States should see foreign assistance as much more than “tangible
benefits to the world’s poor,” but an investment for the growth of our own
economy as well as raise our international standing among other wealth
nations.
Can we turn the other way and ignore these desperate people
in this crucial time of need? Allow them to starve? Leave them to
die because they weren’t able to receive the necessary medical care? We simply cannot.
“We’re talking about lives – great numbers of lives that are
saved with minimal input on our part.”
-Reverend Denis Madden
Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of
Baltimore and Vice Chair of Catholic Relief Services
-Georisa Chang
SOURCE: The Washington Post
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