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It would be okay with me if the US military rebuilt some schools and housing in the lower ninth ward of New Orleans. Its still a horrible mess there.
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google it Jesse, I'm sure those stats are available(and obvious).
Would have been really nice if the Mayor of NO and the Governor of La. had gotten off their asses and done ANYTHING! Talk about two useless human beings.
ANYTHING!
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I totally agree Rykat, talk about sickos.
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The key is "personal income", government aid however is one of the lowest of all western nations on a percentage of GDP.
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You know what's even sicker, Beth, is that Nagin was re-elected. Now that is incredible.
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Go fight and die for nothing in Iraq -or- build schools in Belize? Easy choice. I'm surprized Haliburton wasn't contracted to build the schools and send the bill to Cheney's boy. Oh yeah, they're busy moving to Dubai.
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Simon, just a quick googled quote,
"USA's aid, in terms of percentage of their GNP has almost always been lower than any other industrialized nation in the world, though paradoxically since 2000, their dollar amount has been the highest."
Whether or not you are judged by a percentage of GNP, or by amounts, some will criticize that you are not doing enough. Foreign aid is a gift, not a tithe, tho I will admit the gift usually has some strings attached. They always do. I wonder, if you send foreign aid to a dictatorship or socialist country, does the aid actually get to the people, or does it just enrich the leadership. Hmmm, I wonder. Haliburton? Same old rhetoric.
Been there, done that, the washing machine ate the T-shirt
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Believe it! The welfare state lulls people into a sense that big government will take care of everything. It poisons the soul and relinquishes individuals from a sense of responsibility for taking care of others. Period. From GlobalIssues.org http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.aspWhile Adelman admits that "there are no complete figures for international private giving" she still says that Americans are "clearly the most generous on earth in public-but especially in private-giving". From taemag.com http://www.taemag.com/issues/articleID.18404/article_detail.aspAmericans donate like no other people, the researchers note, whether you look at total donations, per capita giving, size of gifts, or types of giving. "The European country with the greatest tradition of giving, Britain, gave approximately $14 billion in 2003. Even after adjusting for population differences, British giving constitutes less than one third of American philanthropy. And Britain's levels are not matched in the European Union. France follows with just over $4 billion, and then Germany with approximately $3.5 billion."
I will have a Belikin -- put it on klcman's tab.
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And, according to some sources, everyone hates us. Hmmm, guess you can't buy friends. It's just a good thing it is not done for the old fashioned "thank you", and it's a shame that many of the recipients say instead "is that all?"
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Primarily where do the funds come from to operate the schools on AC??? Just a hunch, but I bet private U.S. dollars constitute the majority (or at least plurality) through religious charitable contributions. I admit I may very well be wrong in this, but I know for a fact it is true in other caribbean nations.
I would like to see even more of this from private individuals than one or two high profile media events with the U.S. military AND MY TAX DOLLARS!!!
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