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

Amounts as % of GDP
Country Aid
(US$ millions) GDP
(US$ billions) % of GDP
Australia 765 518.4 0.15
Norway 237 221.6 0.11
Qatar 10 17.47 0.057
Sweden 140 300.8 0.047
Denmark 87.5 212.4 0.041
Taiwan 110 293.2 0.038
Hong Kong 57.5 158.6 0.036
Germany 850 2400 0.035
Singapore 15 91.34 0.016
Saudi Arabia 10 188.5 0.0053
Kuwait 1.7 35.37 0.0048
India 23 599 0.0038
USA 350 10880 0.0032
UAE 2 70.96 0.0028

What's your point? You contribution is zero.



Overproof wrote:
Amounts as % of GDP
Country Aid
(US$ millions) GDP
(US$ billions) % of GDP
Australia 765 518.4 0.15
Norway 237 221.6 0.11
Qatar 10 17.47 0.057
Sweden 140 300.8 0.047
Denmark 87.5 212.4 0.041
Taiwan 110 293.2 0.038
Hong Kong 57.5 158.6 0.036
Germany 850 2400 0.035
Singapore 15 91.34 0.016
Saudi Arabia 10 188.5 0.0053
Kuwait 1.7 35.37 0.0048
India 23 599 0.0038
USA 350 10880 0.0032
UAE 2 70.96 0.0028