Posted on 12/28/2004 12:38:13 PM PST by pageonetoo
If and when Bill Gates donates I don't think we will hear of it.
Now the clintons are another matter!
I remember looking at a list about a year ago and was surprised to find out that MS management makes much less most other executives oddly enough.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen attribute much of their wealth int he value of their companies stock and are actually considered to be cash poor.
It's the executives in insurance companies, health care companies and the entertainment industry that make the most obscene pays and bonuses.
Total USAID + charitable donations from Americans will top $100 million within a week.
Cripes!! Get over it. Americans (America) Gives because it's what we do. Being Pi$$ed on buy the ungrateful sand crabs and organized criminals of the world has never stopped us before.
Giving is not expecting anything in return, it's doing what is right.
I think you're right. On all three counts, lol.
George Soros could have used the millions he spent on trying to get sKerry elected.
And of course ALL of the needed supplies MUST come from American owned business.
I did a quick Google, and found this somewhat outdated summary:
Governments from France to Australia and Russia to the United States pledged aid and assistance, despatched aircraft, doctors and disaster relief specialists to the worst-hit areas.
In Geneva, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies appealed for $6.6million (BD2.5m) to help an estimated 500,000 survivors.
Australia sent four air force transport planes with supplies and medical specialists to the western Indonesian island of Sumatra and committed $7.6m to the international relief effort.
Britain sent an aircraft with plastic sheets and tents worth £250,000 ($481,500) to Sri Lanka. It said it was also contributing £370,000 to the EU aid effort and a further $100,000 to the World Health Organisation for its relief efforts.
Canada said it would make an initial contribution of $814,300 to an appeal for some $6.5m by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
China said it would airlift emergency aid to the stricken countries.
The European Commission pledged $4.06m and said it could mobilise up to $27m for rapid distribution to aid groups.
Germany said it was contributing 1m euros of emergency aid to the international effort as well as taking part in the EU programme. It sent a three-man disaster relief team to Sri Lanka.
Japan sent an emergency medical team to Sri Lanka and a damage assessment group to Indonesia to report on what aid was needed there.
The Kuwaiti cabinet agreed to send aid supplies worth $1m to the affected region.
Singapore said it would be contributing around $1.2m to the global aid effort, and had armed forces medical teams and relief supplies ready to fly to Indonesia.
It's coming together, but there doesn't appear to be a clear effort to organize all of this yet that I can see.
Generosity should not be measured by the amount given, but by what is left. - Tom
The dufus from Norway who accused the US of being stingy has, RECANTED! What a surprise! Now here is a man who is a diplomat, a profession known for its facile use of language. He says now that he was misquoted. Now, there's an original phrase. Misquoted: the catch-all phrase of anyone whose pants are down around their ankles, in bed with a lovely young thing. "What girl?"
If they did it would only be Mel Gibson's from last year . . .
ABSOLUTELY !!! Not even oone palstic trash bag from outside the US!!! Or one PLASTIC knife,fork or spoon!!
LOL!!! Good point!
WOW - you did a lot of work.
But it is still only the US being critisized........as usual.
Now the UN mouthpieces are trying to weasel their way out of the "stingy" comment. Supposedly the comment was taken out of context because he was actually talking about overall aid for development and that we are giving the 9% of GNP the UN wants from all countries......or some such nonsense.
Sorry for my rant........I'm as sick of the UN, the EU and the Euroweinies badmouthing the US as I am of the lefties here on our own soil. All said with apologies to our European and other allied FReepers who are not included in my rant.
Did they mention the EU has about double the population of the USA? Last I heard EU pledged $4 million -- what did they do, up it when they heard we were going $15 million and then we upped their up, etc.? Sounds like a poker game and the UN is dealing (probably from the bottom of the deck).
293 million (july 2004) vs 456 million for all 25 member states, but "eurozone" population is only 303 million as of 2004. (eurozone population is where the money is) so it's about the same.
Can you get a link? Ping me if you do pls.
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