On Jan.12, 2010 there was a massive earthquake hit Haiti. Much of the capital was turned to ruble with 7.0 earthquake. So we know that this has happened to Haiti; do we go and help them or should we stick the troubles in the United States? That is a question that many people have been talking about. People are complaining about all the money that we are giving them, and how the government is asking us to give more. If Haiti gets rebuilt are they ever going to help us if we need help? People are talking about how all the money that we are giving to them is just making the United States in more debt. People in the United States are concerned that Haiti is getting to much money and will add more debt to the US. Officials debated what to do with the 1.2 million people left homeless by the disaster. Should they be given ready-made tents or plastic tarps? If we go ahead and give these people a tent or something small to live in, we will be spend more money. Many people are saying Haiti should try and help itself instead of waiting around for some one to help. Haiti has a long way to recovery, and they don’t know if Haiti will ever get rebuild. Haiti wasn’t in that great of condition to start with. Rebuilding Haiti might be going too far. Help Haiti can be very dangerous because there is the sanitation problem over there. People from the US can go over to help the people in Haiti  and then when they go back they can get a virus and take it back to the US and we could have another wide spread disease.  “We’re witnessing the setup for the spread of severe illnesses in a place where the health system has collapsed and without a functioning sewage system to begin with. Children in some camps that are still lacking latrines and portable toilets play in open areas scattered with the waste. The living environment in Haiti is very bad kids are running with no shoes. They can cut their feet on glass and get infected. To help with the sanitation people are sending portable toilets.   Haiti has an estimate that the cost could be $7.2 billion to $13.2 billion, based on a death toll of 200,000 to 250,000; earlier estimates had hovered around $5 billion. In terms of rebuilding Haiti they said it would cost a lot less then the Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina had a price tag of 100 billion dollars and Haiti is from 7.2 to 13.2 billion dollars. They are saying  that Haiti’s economy is likely to be stunted by the earthquake for many years, citing an earlier study that shows that “even 10 years after a major disaster, the affected country growth may be some 30 percent below what growth would have been. Haiti’s population was at 8.7 million before the earthquake struck — the development bank’s study estimates Haiti’s quake is likely to be the most destructive natural disaster in modern times.  (information from the New York Times)