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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 …

…be living in a shack going through Dumpsters to get by, when I am old. Garrett Hardin in "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against the Poor" writes that if America keeps trying to save other people from different countries then America will also drown. I do not want these people in my lifeboat. America is already starting to drown. I want my money to be used to help only American families. Leave American money in America!