[Cato1]

Debra really put the nail on the head... now the counterintuitive thing here is that low taxes make for less stingy and more generous people...

[Keith in Iowa]

He can't backpedal - it would be like taking back a fart.

[snarks_when_bored]

Hmmm...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1312415/posts?page=40#40

[msnimje]

Just because Americans are too smart to donate all their aid and charity money to the UN does not mean we are stingy. He is using a faulty and egocentric yardstick.

[Ruth A.]

The United Nations, you see, has decreed that developed countries should give 1 percent of their gross national income to foreign humanitarian aid.

This is more than showing some cheek. Do away with the U.N., then the IRS.

[thegreatbeast]

Jan Egeland is a genius. He used a little child psychology on President Bush and now he (#43) can't stop "redeeming" the reputation of the US.
My wish is that 1/3 of this attention were given TO THE WAR AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FIGHT IT!

[Mad Mammoth]

I suggest that the United States auction off the U.N. building to the highest third world bidder, with all funds going to tsunami relief. Evict the U.N. staff from U.S. soil, and the resulting money saved from unpaid parking tickets can also be sent to the victims of the tsunami.