The United States Should assume Primary Responsibility of the rebuilding of Haiti Options

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Agree or disagree?: The United States Should assume Primary Responsibility of the rebuilding of Haiti

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US should take an active role but shouldn't be the sole participant. Right now the US is backed in a 1 trillion 600 billion dollar deficit with a potential to grow with the current debate over healthcare legislation. Also, we just moved into a recovery period for the US from the recession of 2008 the last thing we want to do is increase spending and foreign nation building. The prime reason for the failure of the Bush administration was the nation building in IRAQ. We have the UNDP and the IMF to be the major forerunners for this issue. It would be a positive thing if the United States could bring some influence over Haiti but their government is the least of concerns compared to their natural inhabitance of some of the worst environmental conditions which is a major reason why foreign direct investment is very subtle. However on the positive note, at least France is doing something about it, they recently cutback a $90 million interest from the time Haiti was still colonized because of Haiti's recent earthquakes.