CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

Yes, that is where it begins. One first takes care of oneself and one's family, building a strong foundation from which one can reach out and serve the greater good.
Charity on a national and world-wide basis is the perview of the spiritual organizations, private foundations and individuals. Charity is NOT the job of a nation to spend tax money trying to fix every problem outside of our borders, whilst neglecting the problems within.
It is also not up to tax money to entitle every resident to big screen TVs, lobster, steak and fine wine.
Sheer folly and greed for power have corrupted charitable actions and the Pharisees and Sadducees almost look good by comparison.
Internally, charity from the governement is nothing but a bid for votes.
Paid-for programs such as Social Security and Medicare are insurance plans  for  those who have worked and paid in to the programs. They are not charity. They are not broad-based entitlement programs. They were never meant to be dispersed to ilegal aliens or those who have chosen to live off the dole or off the proceeds of criminal activity as opposed to honest paid labor.
Charity is for the individual to give and for the organizations who have charity as an element of their belief structure and reason for being.
By the way, have any countries ever paid us back for our 'loans to them? Have any countries ever come to our aid when we have suffered disastrous events?
And worse yet, America borrows money to give away! How dumb is that?
Peter to Paul anyone?
If asked Experian what the credit rating is of the United States, what could they, in all hinesty compute? It would be a negative number.  Duh.
I know of only one country who has every publicly said Thank You for our aid to them, and that (domo arigatō) is Japan. You are welcome.