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Originally Posted by Poots
That sounds very compassionate, but why is it the United States government's responsibility to act as a welfare state for the third world? If you ******* poverty as a qualification for refugee status, where does that leave the poor in America?
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Poverty in America is terrible but it's generally not comparable to poverty in third world countries, especially African third world countries.
And it's not our obligation but morally, isn't it a good thing to help people in the world suffer less? Including our own citizens and other people? Why shouldn't we be compassionate if we're able? The United States won't last forever. We have a unique place in the world and could (and do to some degree) help others have a less shitty life. I think that's a good thing.