Originally posted by 3733csvt:
i wont be suprized if its going to be a million sometime... i guess the united states is right when it says $35 million is enough. 35 billion wouldnt be enough, the united states is stingy, and king bush's war is more important



This article (a pdf document) puts US disaster aid at about 1/3 of the world total.

http://www.odi.org.uk/hpg/papers/hpgbrief3.pdf

So I don't see where the government is being stingy.

I could bring up the article where the cuts in aid began in the mid 1990s, but then I'd be accused of Clinton bashing, so I won't.

TB

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