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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
OK, I'm losing patience with some of this nonesense.
NO ONE accused America of being stingy.
The comment was made about "rich countries" in the context of the simple fact that we give less today than we did in the 80's. No one mentioned America. No one accused America. The only American aspect to this issue is the paranoia of the anti-UN cabals when they see insults in any comment whatsoever.
Mr Mephisto
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I thought Egeland was referring to the U.S. as well as others in his UN speech. Sorry if I misunderstood.
From the following link:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/...2330-7268r.htm
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But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.
"It is beyond me why are we so stingy, really," the Norwegian-born U.N. official told reporters. "Christmastime should remind many Western countries at least, [of] how rich we have become."
"There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."
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