Posted on 12/28/2004 4:54:25 PM PST by filly
By way of contrast, the 25-member European Union, the world largest trader whose combined economy is larger than that of the United States, will deliver $4 million.
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What a sick joke. I'm sure private donations in the US will exceed this amount several times over.
Actually it was $156,000---and Krauthammer said it was mostly in 'whine'
Gotta love that man!
Great minds think alike!
Most aid is just a replay of more "Oil for Food".
Domestically, I happen to believe that the $1.1 trillion dollars we spend on welfare (humanitarian assistance) is criminal. We rape and pillage taxpayers in order to redistrubute their wealth.
Globally, we send billions to terrorist nations and the PLO.
If you think this is wise, you are one strange person.
$146.000, just barely buys a mobile home in California...
Socialist hypocrites. They're the ones who like to vacation in these islands. Cheap-Cheap-Cheap.
As of 8:00 PM EST private donations to the Red Cross are over 400K.
I challenge all Freepers to visit the list bellow and make a donation.
We need to spend the money on OUR TROOPS FIRST... They need equipment, pay raise. Like they say "look out after number one " then others.
Great point!
Wow, I though Canada was being cheap at $4.6 mil.
Here in Toronto, where many people have lost loved ones, I'm sure that more than this has already been raised. Every Hindu temple is taking a collection and a bank account has already been opened and publicized.
If you don't like it, the rest of your life here is going to be pretty miserable.
I have to agree. We can give to our troops AND others who need our help. If we don't then we are no better than France.
Absolutely.
We have no ABM system, no robust anti-bioweapon program, and we have been very slack in advanced weapon designs.
We spend $1.1 trillion every year on domestic welfare (source: U.S. Budget "Human Resource" superfunction).
We cancel billions of debt.
We send billions more globally in aid to terrorist nations.
This crap has to stop. 50% of the people in this nation pay no taxes, yet our government tries to play mommy and daddy to the entire world while we look forward to a soon to be $9 billion debt. In additon, most of the nations we send money to hate us, and many funnel this "aid" into terrorist organizations who are killing us.
The people of this nation are insane to let their country rape and pillage the taxpayers like this.
My son is in the Air Force and has been to the desert many times. He gets most of what he needs.
These tsunami victims need our help, I, for one, can't turn my back on them and sleep well at night.
You don't seem very happy here.
I am against the US playing daddy to a bunch of welfare countries. AND I am in favor of humiliating the world community into doing their part. We are 5% of the world's population and yet we have to solve 95% of the world's problems.
I am also in favor of helping those who truly need a hand.
Don't kill the messenger
If you exclude Israel, Iraq and Afghanistan, japan actually gives more foreign aid than we do.
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