Hardin's "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against the Poor" - No! You Cannot Come in
             Garrett Hardin writes about saving the poor in his essay"Lifeboat Ethics:
             The Case Against the Poor" found in The Blair Reader. Hardin writes about how
             the rich countries are in the lifeboat and the poor countries are swimming in
             the ocean. He also writes about how the United States helps other countries.
             Hardin feels that if the government keeps helping other countries and letting
             people in then America will also drown. "We must convince them if we wish to
             save at least part of the world form environmental ruin"(page 765).
             Why should I help the poor countries? Why should I let the immigrants in? I see
             no reason for helping someone that is not an American. These non Americans are
             taking my hard-working money that they did not earn.
             I am tired of the United States of America giving my money to the poor countries.
             The government is giving these people my money for which I worked hard. The
             government does not ask for my permission to give these people my money. By
             letting these people on our lifeboat the government is drowning us all. "If we
             do let an extra 10 people in our lifeboat, we will have lost our 'safety
             factor,' an engineering principle of critical importance" (page 757). I cannot
             take a chance in helping people if it is going to put me in risk.
             Instead of giving the money to non Americans it should be used only in America.
             The money used to help the poorer countries can be very useful in the United
             States. The middle class people in America get no help. More of that money can
             go toward the middle class families. The middle class families work had for
             their money. The government helps poor families with food, housing, education
             and many more things. The rich have more money than they need, but the middle
             class is left struggling. The middle class people cannot move up. The middle
             class cannot get ant ...