It sure is easy to spend money when it is not your own. How charitable of Obama to donate $100 million of other people's money. But shouldn't America do something to help Haiti? No, America shouldn't do anything. This $100 million comes out of the pockets of American taxpayers. In a free society, no one should be forced to fund foreign aid to any country for any reason. But what about individual Americans, shouldn't they do something? Individual Americans may do something and can do something, but it would be wrong to say that they should do something. Who is to say whether John Doe on Main Street in Topeka, Kansas, should donate to the Haiti relief effort? It would be nice if he did, but only God alone can say that he should.

What will be the effect of Obama's promise of $100 million in aid for Haiti? Will many Americans simply put their wallets away? After all, what is $10 or $20 donated to the Red Cross or the Salvation Army compared to $100 million?