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Quote from: Needles Kane on January 05, 2005, 01:19:41 PMant i still see you're a moron.... you questioned if america was the most generous nation and we are..once again, i bet a poor starving african doesn't care if his next sandwich comes from gary smith living in butt fuck iowa or from george bushonly an idiot like you would argue a point like that and you didn't even argue it good, you came up with one number, woodrow and i proved that was false and now you change your argument saying that we should give more than the 75% of the worlds donations...give it up, you lostno moron you lost. enjoy your dead end job, its a sign of your stupidity. if you arent going to recognize reality i'm not going to bother discussing things with you politely.
ant i still see you're a moron.... you questioned if america was the most generous nation and we are..once again, i bet a poor starving african doesn't care if his next sandwich comes from gary smith living in butt fuck iowa or from george bushonly an idiot like you would argue a point like that and you didn't even argue it good, you came up with one number, woodrow and i proved that was false and now you change your argument saying that we should give more than the 75% of the worlds donations...give it up, you lost
no moron you lost. enjoy your dead end job, its a sign of your stupidity. if you arent going to recognize reality i'm not going to bother discussing things with you politely.
Surprisingly the U.S. is actually the least generous developed nation in the world. We give around .1% of national GNP away each year in foreign aid, the least of any developed nation. The U.N. decided that about .7% of GNP is a fair target.We (americans) often brag about how much we do for the rest of the world, and while we may do the most, we do it with the least effort. I can't really say whether this is a good or bad thing, but I point it out only because many Americans have this impression that we are by far the best country in the world in every way conceivable. I'm proud of my country, but in business its important to know what your competition is doing and to benchmark yourself against them. If you blindly assume your company is superior you may one day find yourself surpassed by someone else. This is my main problem with modern day conservatives, and strong american nationalists. They go on and on about how people who criticize America hate America, while thats simply not the truth. Progress requires open eyes, and constant self criticism. I bet 100% of all Americans on this board thought we were the most generous nation in the world. It turns out we're not, and if we all continue to block out criticism we might just learn the hard way how many other assumptions we held were wrong. As always, feel free to share your thoughts.
International giving by U.S. foundations totals $1.5 billion per year Charitable giving by U.S. businesses now comes to at least $2.8 billion annually American NGOs gave over $6.6 billion in grants, goods and volunteers. Religious overseas ministries contribute $3.4 billion, including health care, literacy training, relief and development. $1.3 billion by U.S. colleges are given in scholarships to foreign students Personal remittances from the U.S. to developing countries came to $18 billion in 2000 Source: Dr. Carol Laderman - Aid and Comfort
Thats crazy! I didn't realize 2.2% (241 Billion) of our GDP was the least of any developed country?http://www.aafrc.org/press_releases/trustreleases/americansgive.html
^wow ny times
Are you retarded? This whole post is about government sponsored foreign aid, and first you changed topics by citing citizen sponsored foreign aid, now your citing citizen sponsored charitable contributions in general. That 241 billion you cited is made up of charitable contributions to organizations WITHIN the United States. Why you think that applies to this argument is beyond me. You are comparing apples to oranges.
Quote from: Ant on January 05, 2005, 03:13:25 PMAre you retarded? This whole post is about government sponsored foreign aid, and first you changed topics by citing citizen sponsored foreign aid, now your citing citizen sponsored charitable contributions in general. That 241 billion you cited is made up of charitable contributions to organizations WITHIN the United States. Why you think that applies to this argument is beyond me. You are comparing apples to oranges. You are the biggest moron on this board. Hands down.First you complain about the government spending TOO much money in other posts, now you're claiming they don't spend enough? Which is it? Why should the government give out aid when it's clear that our private citizens do a much better job at it?