THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: WikiLeaks Cable: Obama Admin. Pressured Haiti Not to Raise Minimum Wage

We can't forget that there is still much suffering going on in Haiti because of the earthquake that was suffered in January 2010. This particular post is really interesting. Not only is there the interview from someone who was there and continue to work on Haiti's behalf, but it asks fundamental questions about about the aid that has been sent already. Apparently very little of it is actually helping people.




This breakdown of how the money is being divided raises some questions for me:

Each American dollar roughly breaks down like this: 42 cents for disaster assistance, 33 cents for U.S. military aid, nine cents for food, nine cents to transport the food, five cents for paying Haitian survivors for recovery efforts, just less than one cent to the Haitian government, and about half a cent to the Dominican Republic. 

Why is the Dominican Republic getting any of it?

THE INTERSECTION | MADNESS & REALITY: WikiLeaks Cable: Obama Admin. Pressured Haiti Not to Raise Minimum Wage

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