[Mister Baredog]

So who's right? As is often the case, it depends on where you stand.

So the rest of the world now wants to tell the US taxpayers where to send their money, unreal, they have got some nerve. LOL

They think they can shame the US into handing out more and more money to the "poor" countries, I guess it's so we can all be a little "poorer", that seems to be the goal: Bring down the USA, good luck, we're not buying.

[mark502inf]

Several problems with the above report:
1-It measures aid as Official development Assistance (ODA). It does not include the extensive aid the USA gives outside the ODA categorizations; especially thru DOD channels; e.g. road-building projects in the Balkans executed by the military, hospital wings constructed and equipped in Afghanistan, etc, etc. etc.
2-It grossly understates the money voluntarily sent overseas by private individuals and organizations. See below:
International giving by U.S. foundations totals $1.5 billion per year
Charitable giving by U.S. businesses now comes to at least $2.8 billion annually
American NGOs gave over $6.6 billion in grants, goods and volunteers.
Religious overseas ministries contribute $3.4 billion, including health care, literacy training, relief and development.
$1.3 billion by U.S. colleges are given in scholarships to foreign students
Personal remittances from the U.S. to developing countries came to $18 billion in 2000
Source: Dr. Carol Aderman, Aid and Comfort, Tech Central Station, 21 August 2002.