Also add in the $200 Million and growing in private donations, just
for the tsunami.  Funny that the private donations from the US
whenever something happens never seems to be recognized by those that
want to criticize the US at any possible turn....



On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:45:26 -0500, Carey Fisher - NCS
<careyfisher@ncsradio.com> wrote:
> >US government aid promised is now $US350M afaik or somewhat under $US1
> > per head of population.
> 
> Don't forget to add 35 ships including the aircraft carrier Lincoln,
> 20 C-130 cargo planes, dozens of helicopters and thousands of
> US service personnel.  No other country on earth could do this
> even if they wanted to. This costs real tax dollars over and above the
> "$US350K afaik...".
> 
> And of course there's the 3+ billion (3x10^9) dollars the US
> Govt gave internationally in various types of disaster assistance in 2004.
> 
> In the US, private giving exceeds government by a huge amount.
> 
> Maybe the world should be grateful that we are the type
> people that want to help?
> 
> 
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