UN's Jan Egeland Responds to Freeper Email

Free Republic ^ | December 28, 2004

[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.

[SunkenCiv]

with thanks to Ernest_at_the_Beach for the ping:

What Jan Egeland [Mr. Stingy] really said [short transcript]
UN ^ | 12-27-04 | Jan Egeland
Posted on 12/28/2004 8:02:21 PM PST by OXENinFLA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309924/posts

[arasina]

By the way... where were all your European Relief Organizations this past summer when Florida was decimated by Hurricane after Hurricane? Oh, yes, they were too busy saying the hurricanes were the fault of President Bush because the USA refused to sign and join Kyoto!

[Shortstop7]

I can't stand that snooty woman....her ego is bigger than her butt.

[Shortstop7]

I love Charles!

[F14 Pilot]

saw this?

[Happy2BMe]

Do I hear $30 - $35 - who'll make it $40 . .

SOLD! $40 FOR MY MOTHER!

[Boazo]

[Shortstop7]

Thanks.......just sent an email to the fool.

[Shortstop7]

Well, I was reading the beginning of this thread.....saw the email addy and fired off mine. Just came back to me as unknown user......imagine that.

This may be old news, cause I jumped to the end of the thread to add this......

Gotta read this entire thread now............

thanks all.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"Speaking of being stingy, does the name “Quisling” mean anything to Mr. Egeland? To be a “Quisling” is to be a collaborator with the enemy. Vidkun Quisling was the guy the Nazis installed as the leader of – ta da – NORWAY – after it was occupied by Germany in World War II."

[piasa]

utters udders, as in "Milk: the udder cola"

:-d

[piasa]

Is Ceci the moron who thinks global warming caused the tidal wave?

[Shortstop7]

I think I heard that movie was doing well at the box office.

"Meet the Fockers"....in case you haven't heard.

[piasa]

I'm usually NOT very tactful at all, as I am repeatedly reminded on this forum.

Hence the nickname folks use behind your back- out of reach of those claws... :

"Mrs. Howlin Spit n Hisses"

Say that three times real fast.

Thanks for telling them off...

[GVnana]

Oh! You will keep that graphic for future reference, won't you?

[arasina]

Oh! You will keep that graphic for future reference, won't you?

Of course. :-)

[GVnana]

Ceci Connelly, another Eleanor Clift in the making?

[Slip18]

Let me get this straight: Probably over 100,000 killed in Iraq by Saddam and his sort of buddy UBL, and probably 100,000 will be killed by a natural disaster.

Let's see. So we should have let the POS Saddam kill 100,000 more innocents; let his sons rape and torture innocents; let Saddam buy some more uranium to finish up his little nuclear factories; and keep sending Iraq money for the Food for Oil Program.

Am I getting this right?

And people are complaining that we were initially going to send $10 mil plus an enormous carrier for a hospital and five or six helicopters to help find people still alive in the muck left over by the tsunami.

I guess that wasn't enough because we're sending more.

I heard tonight on the news from one of the "babes" that of the 50 richest nations we are ONLY the 25th of the richest to give so little (populationwise, I assume).

I've got an idea. Stop the $25,000 give-a-way to the parents of the sons and daughters that blow people to bits, and send the money to the nations that now need help. That might be more justified, I think. I mean, they don't even have to blow up their kids to see dead people.

< last paragraph / sarcasm >

[Andy from Beaverton]

Here's some other contact info. I don't know if any of it is still good?

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations
S-3600
New York, NY 10017
United States of America

Tel: +1 212 963 1234
Fax:+1 212 963 1312


Jan Egeland, e-mail: jan.egeland@redcross.no Tlf +47 22 05 40 00/mobile phone+ 917 03 123. FAX:+47 22 05 40 40

[Congressman Billybob]

I agree. Kudos to you. Ya nailed the weasel b*stard.

Billybob