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Re: Vote against/for...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:45:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> 2) The USA has a dire record in offering development and humanitarian aid to
> developing countries [~1.25 dollars per U.S. citizen in '97].
B as in B, S as in S. The US government gives more in raw dollars than anyone
(hardly "dire"), and that doesn't even count *private* giving...
-John
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| (...) Nope, it is a fact. From oneworld.net: "America ranks last among all developed western nations in the amount of aid it provides foreign nations expressed as a percentage of its gross domestic product (GDP) about 0.08 percent, according to a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) More data: Country Foreign Aid % GDP Japan 0.28 France 0.55 Germany 0.31 USA 0.10 Netherlands 0.81 UK 0.28 Canada 0.38 These figures hide the fact that Isreal gets most of the aid from the USA. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | The US gives too much/not enough aid
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| (...) Giving more in raw dollars and being lower as a percentage of GDP are not mutually exclusive if the GDPs are different, a fact being conveniently ignored by your detractors, John. This also omits private contributions, and the aid in kind for (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) John, this is pure dogma. Read the text again. (...) 1) Who has been stopping companies investing in Cuba? 2) The USA has a dire record in offering development and humanitarian aid to developing countries [~1.25 dollars per U.S. citizen in (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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