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Re: Narcisism, the idea that the world revolves around you. |
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I don't think most Muslim extremists would continue to care about us one way or the other if we all turned Muslim and dropped involvement with Israel, and I'm betting that second part is the more important part.
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... Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Spain, Germany, Canada, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, and Portugal as of the Global Humanitarian Assistance 2010 report.
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So in 2008 we were the top donor at over $4.3 billion, over 4 times more than the UK, the next closest "country" and more than double the entire EC. America accounted for almost 35% of all governmental humanitarian aid donated that year. Who did better? I would have thought you were going by per capita numbers, but the US donated more per capita than at least a few of countries you have listed. According to that report the US also accounts for significantly more Other Official Developmental Assistance than any other nation with over $26 billion. I must be missing what you are seeing. |
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It's per capita, which is a better measure of the individual.
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ETA: That report also only measures governmental assistance. I'm not sure how much control you have over what your government does for aid, but I don't have much control over mine. Last edited by goof2; 12-10-2010 at 08:23 PM.. |
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For recent issues like Haiti, our government matched the donations of private citizens.
Recent piece in Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...0.html#s136626
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