[snopercod]

The solution is obvious.

Redirect the $1 billion in UN "dues" that the United States "owes" toward tsunami relief.

[alancarp]

"The United States gives out $13.3 billion tax dollars in direct Foreign Aid annually.

The United States is above and beyond the single most generous benefactor of the United Nations, donating $2.4 billion dollars of your hard earned money, to primarily third-world dictators.

This amount is 25% of the United Nations budget.

In addition, the United States gives another $1.4 billion tax dollars to United Nations' programs and agencies. The American taxpayers fund more for the United Nations than ALL of the other 177 member nations combined."

src: a rant on http://www.fortliberty.org/patriotic-humor/foreign-aid.shtml