To what extent do you agree or disagree?

As helping all people seems unrealistic, government authorities should concentrate on internal welfare. I partially agree with this statement because I believe that governments should be willing to give international aid to countries which suffer from natural disasters.

The primary reason why government authorities should not be altruistic is that they must focus on national priorities which aim at both developing their own country and enhancing the lifestyle of citizens. This can be done by allocating a major part of the government budget to the development of essential areas such as education, medicine and military. It is required to invest billions, if not trillions, of dollars on a yearly basis if they want to make a considerable progress in these spheres, which they must. If governments decide to support all people all around the world, they have to cut down the investments they make to the abovementioned fields which means that necessary amount of money may not be directed at crucial areas of the country. This, in turn, leads to an increase in the number of domestic issues such as regress in the literacy, health rate of the population and more security threats to a country. Thus, I think, it is more logical to concentrate on developing core aspects of a country.

On the other hand, government officials should not be blind to particular issues which occur occasionally all around the globe. One common problem faced by most countries is dealing with the consequences of natural disasters. In other words, after severe earthquake destroys a number of houses, workplaces and even cause deaths of thousands of people, government authorities and the population of the country are always in need of both psychological and financial support. The striking example of highly damaging earthquake is the one which occurred in Turkey last year, after which more than 100 countries pledged support for victims, including humanitarian aid and monetary support. More than twenty countries provided teams with search and rescue dogs to locate victims under the debris. This clearly shows that it is essential to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in such unfortunate situations.

To conclude, despite the fact that it is not possible to support the whole population of the world since centering on the national growth is more important, I think, it is a moral obligation to support a country which has a hard time after natural disasters such as earthquake.