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Re: Vote against/for...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:26:17 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > 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].
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> B as in B, S as in S.
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 recent report by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)."
Scott A
> The US government gives more in raw dollars than anyone
> (hardly "dire"), and that doesn't even count *private* giving...
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> -John
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| (...) 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 (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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