Like many other people I went to see fireworks with my family on the 4th, and I realised something....Fireworks are a big waste of money!! We spent approximately $193 Million to import fireworks from China. For what? Some pretty lights in the sky? Famvin reported that 9.1 million people died of hunger last year. Bread for the World reports that a child dies of hunger every five seconds. And we are spending $193 million on fireworks.
I like fireworks as much as anyone, but what purpose do they serve? They are pretty, but didn't China prove last year during the Olympics that CGI can work just as well? Let me hit you with some more statistics, God I love the Internet. The National Institute of Health reports that 1500 people die of cancer everyday in the US alone. America is ranked worst in preventable deaths, with 100.7 in 100,000 people died last year, according to commonsense. To make a long story short, people are dying and we are spending millions to set off pretty lights! People are dying, and no one seems to care!!
Alright I'm getting carried away, but come on! When you look at the figures it is hard to argue that it is worth it. But if you do think that it is worth it, then please tell me. Comment and tell me why you think that way. I will accept your opinion even though I might disagree with you. All I ask you to do is think about it, nothing more.
----July 5th 2009
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The problem with this is that it's difficult to stop the fireworks. It's not like we have to pay to see them (at least, where I go), and if it comes from taxes, well, we sort of have to pay our taxes.
And the fireworks usually aren't even all that good. But maybe that's because I usually watch the display in a tiny little town on the banks of Lake Ontario.
The previous post is correct; fire work displays are often paid for w/ taxpayer dollars. While they provide entertainment you have given us something to think about....is this the best use of our taxpayer funds?
Last year I remember that some cities/towns could not pay for firework displays so private companies stepped up to pay for the displays. Maybe there should be more privately funded displays.
On another note; every year there are so many people hurt by firework displays "gone wrong"...so then you have medical costs to add to the costs of the fireworks themself.
Both what you and elfarmy17 say make perfect, horrible sense . . . funds are one thing that the world doesn't know how to disperse evenly.
I have to agree with you, rock4ever95.
I like fireworks as much as the next person, but there are better ways of spending the money.
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