-rick- wrote:
Eisboch wrote:


Maybe .... but consider:
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"In terms of official government foreign assistance, “the U.S. gives
the most in absolute amounts, more than twice what the second ranked
donor, Japan, gives,” said Adelman during a global Internet chat July
27."

"But this number does not include substantial private foreign
assistance, such as aid that comes from private donations, charities,
religious associations and other nonprofit groups."

“Private international giving by Americans is over three and one-half
times that of U.S. government foreign assistance,” Adelman told
participants in the Internet chat. “When you take into account this
U.S. private giving, our foreign assistance far exceeds other
countries by any measure.”

http://usinfo.state.gov/eur/Archive/...27-997226.html

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That's part of the picture. This seems to be a fairly objective overview.

http://www.citizenjoe.org/node/132


Yes...with the US ten times bigger and probably 20 times richer, I think
Canada holds its own, although there are always calls from those who
think we could do much more.