Originally Posted by ijusluvit

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The majority of Americans are living a comfortable lifestyle completely beyond the grasp of the majority of people in the rest of the world. None of us put ourselves in that lofty state by ourselves. The least we can do is share a little of what we have with our own countrymen so that their health and future opportunities might become a little more equal to what we have. If they can achieve the basics, they will have the ability to be the engines of future progress. Therein lies the real strength of a nation.