http://www.davidappell.com/

"The United States still lags behind other countries in what it's giving for
tsunami relief. According to this MSNBC article, Japan is donating $500M
(about $4 per capita), Sweden is giving $75M (over $8 per capita), and the
U.S. is limping in with $350M, or just over $1 per capita.

These things matter. The U.S. fancies itself as the world's superpower. It
therefore has greater responsibilities than any other world country, and
that especially includes international aid (and not just military
conquests). The U.S. response to the tsunami has been sorely lacking, and is
only where it's at because the country has been shamed for its stinginess.

This is one of the worst disasters of modern times. We ought to be
contributing a billion dollars (still only 0.009% of our GDP), at least, and
it should not have to be shaken out of us."

Whoa!!!

CM