Originally posted by GreenCloud
.....USA gives more aid then the rest of you combined ..but you complain..truly maggots
Not according to new York Times. the 30th of dec,2004
"Mr Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell have given indignant reactions to a comment by UN chief disaster relief coordinator Jan Egeland that rich nations have been "stingy" in giving aid to poorer nations. "We beg to differ," said the New York Times. "Mr Egeland was right on target."
"We hope Secretary of State Colin Powell was privately embarrassed when, two days into a catastrophic disaster that hit 12 of the world's poorer countries and will cost billions of dollars to ameliorate, he held a press conference to say that America, the world's richest nation, would contribute 15 million dollars."
"That's less than half of what Republicans plan to spend on the Bush inaugural festivities." The administration has since increased its aid to 35 million dollars. But the Times said the 35 million dollars remains "a miserly drop in the bucket".
"The disparity in development aid given by the United States and the European Union: Last year, the US government gave 16.2 billion dollars, while the EU gave 37.1 billion dollars. It said that in 2002, the figure was 29.9 billion dollars for Europe and 13.2 billion dollars for the United States."
And the 350 millions someone is jibbering about is actully 35 million. One "zero" to much.
Stop throwing **** around.......
It is not a competition. And if it was, you guy would loose big time, so dont even start pulling out figures.
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