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UN's Jan Egeland Responds to Freeper Email
Free Republic ^ | December 28, 2004

Posted on 12/28/2004 4:11:38 PM PST by Howlin

Earlier today, responding to these remarks by the UN's Jan Egeland

But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.

"It is beyond me why are we so stingy, really," the Norwegian-born U.N. official told reporters. "Christmastime should remind many Western countries at least, [of] how rich we have become."

"There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."

I sent this email to Jan Egeland

You seem to be under the impression that the ONLY way that individuals can donate money to charities and disasters is if the government TAKES the money from them in the form of taxes and gives it to YOU.

Leaving aside the fact that the UN is the last place I want MY government to give money (see Oil for Food scandal), we don't need to be taxed into giving. The United States is a generous country and we WILL give a lot of money to this cause; we're just not going to give it to YOU to spend as you see fit.

The people who really need and deserve the money will get it, without you having the opportunity to cut your slice off of it.

Howlin @ FR

Raleigh, NC

P.S. Forget about a UN and/or world tax; it's not going to happen.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Free Republic; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: howlin; humanitarianrelief; janegeland; stingy; sumatraquake; tsunami; un; unitednations; unlist; waytogosir
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To: OXENinFLA
Sammon on FNC NOW

I just turned it on ,.. what did I miss?

181 posted on 12/28/2004 5:18:13 PM PST by Mo1 (Should be called Oil for Fraud and not Oil for Food)
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To: rodguy911

You know she looks down her nose at those of us scrounging up $50 or whatever we can afford to send, but we all know how every bit of it helps (if it's sent to the right agencies) and it all adds up.

It's one thing for a UN official to bash Americans. I've had quite enough of our own countrymen like Connelly agreeing with them that we're all so baaaaaaaaaad and now "stingy", to boot. When we're not!


182 posted on 12/28/2004 5:18:19 PM PST by cyncooper
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To: Howlin

Go, Howlin, go!

Maybe they'll let YOU comment on Fox News! ;-)


183 posted on 12/28/2004 5:18:29 PM PST by Amelia
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To: Howlin

My Email to mr egeland

Dear Mr. Egeland,

Your comment on the United States being Stingy only shows the need for the United States of America to remove itself from the United Nations and to evict the United Nations from the United States. The people of the United States have always been the greatest donaters to the needs of the people of the world.

I for one will be finding other avenues to donate to the disaster aid in Indonesia. You sir and the rest of the corrupt bureacracy of the United Nations can go straight to hell.

Without regards

Leo Flood
Killeen, Texas


184 posted on 12/28/2004 5:18:40 PM PST by Leofl (I'm from Texas, We don't dial 911)
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To: mewzilla
FYI.."Resent" is code for "AIN'T NO WAY IN HELL YOU'RE GETTING A $2 BILLION LOAN FROM THE US TO REBUILD YOUR HQ!"
185 posted on 12/28/2004 5:18:55 PM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
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To: cyncooper

Isn't 43 supposed to speak about the disaster tomorrow? I hope he sticks up for the US.


186 posted on 12/28/2004 5:19:14 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: chiller
Scott M. wasn't cutting it

High five on that point!!

But I'm not sure if Scott is out the door.

187 posted on 12/28/2004 5:19:26 PM PST by OXENinFLA
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To: ken5050

GOOD!


188 posted on 12/28/2004 5:19:35 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: McGavin999

Can you tell I have about had enough?


189 posted on 12/28/2004 5:19:47 PM PST by Howlin
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To: blackdog
Holwin's a WOMAN!
190 posted on 12/28/2004 5:19:50 PM PST by nopardons
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To: mewzilla

Mad as hell works for me..Sammon listed all the private aid we give in addition to food aid..Per capita we give the most but not by the UN measurements..They measure it strictly by government aid...Socialist measure.


191 posted on 12/28/2004 5:20:16 PM PST by MEG33 (...GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Leofl

HA!
I was just thinking that when the piece just got done on Fox. "Tremendous animosity" they feel toward us. Well, we feel the same. I guess the relationship just isn't working out. I see a breakup in the near future!


192 posted on 12/28/2004 5:21:05 PM PST by America_Right (Fox News Channel--Because we have the babes.)
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To: dubyaismypresident

I'm all for that; write up the petition!


193 posted on 12/28/2004 5:21:10 PM PST by Howlin
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To: nopardons; Howlin

Absolutely..she's also got the biggest set of "cojones"..God bless her..


194 posted on 12/28/2004 5:21:24 PM PST by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
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To: mewzilla

What is CNN saying?


195 posted on 12/28/2004 5:21:38 PM PST by Howlin
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To: timpad
Thanks! I read that Saudi is giving 10 million and US is giving at least 35 million. Interesting. Now of course my heart goes out for those affected- BUT why is the "Great white Satan" more stingy for pledging the same and more than Muslim countries....Could Saudi do more? Do they pay taxes to the UN? DO they want to pay more?

How much is France giving? Germany? Canada?

How much more taxes do Norwegians want to pay?

And how much do people give individually,without being taxed, from any of these places?

Right.. it is all America's fault.....The UU is making the case that they should get out of our country and get off our streets and stop taking every benefit of living in a free country supported by the American tax payer. They are pigs....every one of them.

Why don't they hunt down some of that oil for food money and build a whole new country for these poor folks.

196 posted on 12/28/2004 5:21:51 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)
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To: Howlin
BRAVA and a hearty huzzah!
197 posted on 12/28/2004 5:22:03 PM PST by nopardons
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To: rodguy911; nhoward14
"Well we cant rely on a few rich individuals to make up for what the govt. ought to be doing"

I guess "the little people" don't count.

198 posted on 12/28/2004 5:22:22 PM PST by Howlin
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To: MEG33
And Krauthammer made some good points earlier. That figure doesn't include food aid, private donations, what we do to defend the free world.

And BTW, who the heck funds the bloody IMF and World Bank? Because if American taxpayers help fill those coffers, too...

199 posted on 12/28/2004 5:22:22 PM PST by mewzilla
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To: Howlin

tnx, I'll get right on it.


200 posted on 12/28/2004 5:22:33 PM PST by bboop
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