Why spend money helping 3rd world countries with their problems when we still the same problems here on our own soil? Hunger? Homelessness? I believe we should help our own citizens here before we go out meddling in the affairs of others. Once our domestic hunger and homelessness issues have been irradicated, if you want to go out and play mother Teresa, go for it.

Drugs should be legalized and sold in government run Drug stores. We could sell them for a lower price than drug dealers and still turn a profit. The profits could be used to finance drug rehab centers and to increase tax revenues. Because we would be undercutting the drug dealers, smuggling would no longer be profitable. This would free up manpower and tax dollars used to fight drug crimes that could be used for other things like fighting terrorism or homelessness. Gangs that use drug money to finance themselves would no longer have drug revenues to buy automatic weapons and mansions for themselves. It's really very simple. Why not do it?