The US should make new funds for the Water For The Poor Act to solve for the African water crisis.

Alright, I'm just going to separate your comment into a couple points. -Point 1 - We should take care of our people first. -Point 2 - Other countries can send aid -Point 3 - Needs infrastructure -Point 4 - Too much money -Point 5 - UN should do this. Responses Point 1 - This point basically talked about how the U.S. is suffering and we need to take care of our people first. Well its great that you think that, but what we really must do is look at who needs the help most. Obviously, it is Africa! 300 million without clean water, which is a basic human right, and 317 million without adequate water and sanitation. Thats as much, if not more people than are in our entire country. Now that means that the quantity of suffering over there is higher, but also important is the quality. Water is a BASIC human right, one which probably every human in America has. The suffering in America is paltry in comparison to what's happening in Africa. This leaves the only real response to be that "Our people are more important". Well, maybe in your opinion, but that view is relative. How can we measure who to help first? Definatly not by one person's opinion. We have to measure the quantity and quality of the suffering and compare the two. Obviously Afria is in a bigger plight and they need our help. Not only that, but this plan only needs 190 million more dollars. Whats to say we can't help Africa AND the U.S? Just make Africa a higher priority, because of the previously outlined reasons. Also, just to throw in... the U.S. has a moral and legal responsibility to provide clean water to those in need - Peter Gleick Co-founder of Pacific Life Institute Just a note, but you had said that foreign aid to help with Katrina was non-existent. I thought that sounded weird, and actually that is untrue. http://www.usatoday.com... That pretty much destroys your point. Basically, the time will come when interdependence will be high, and we need to show that we can cooperate, and what better way then showing people that we literally do care? Point 2 - This is true, other countries can send Aid. But there are 2 points that need to be made. First off, WILL other countries send aid? Get some evidence that shows countries send aid and we can talk. But also... will that aid actually help? The Water For The Poor Act specifically targets key areas that need to be addressed in order to solve. Corruption stops aid from working, and thats why the WFTPA (Water for the Poor Act, which i will just call WFTPA) is neccesary. It doesn't deal with the corrupt governments, because a specific mandate of that plan is to see that corrupt governments have no job whatsoever in the plan. Therefore, foreign aid may come, but it won't be effective. Point 3 - I was not aware of a lack of roads in Sub-Saharan Africa, and I don't think there is one. Get some evidence and we can go from there, but I do have another response. The WFTPA doesn't need roads to solve for lack of clean water, because it cleans the water, and then distributes it. It actually provides distribution systems that wouldn't need roads. If you are talking about the broad term infrastructure please say so, because I have attacks for that as well, I was just a tad unclear. Point 4 - Since when is 190 million too much money? The fact remains that we can aid Africa with this measly 190 million AND aid ourselves, as it is empirically proven that America solves on its own. Plus we need to do this because it would solve for water conflicts which have the potential to spillover and become tommorow's international wars. Also, we have a lack of soft power that can be solved by this. 2/3 of the plan's advantages specifically impact the U.S. Simply put, the negative impact of enacting the plan is none, while the positive impact is great. Point 5 - The UN should be doing something, and they are. However the WFTPA is the only thing that can solve, and it solves in part, because of the specific things only the U.S. has. These are: Technology, information, the only country with a WFTPA, the only country with USAID (The organization the WFTPA acts with), and co-ordination. The US is the ONLY actor this plan could work with. That being said, I think I am winning today's debate because I have extended upon all my arguments, and refuted all my opponents. I look forward to his responses.