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Originally Posted by Aladdin Sane
Even by U.N. standards, it was a particularly absurd anti-American slur--although it no doubt expresses the view of many foreign elites, who have come to believe that government is the only true source of goodness and charity. In the weeks and months that followed the tsunami, American citizens dug deep into their wallets, donating some $1.78 billion to the relief effort in Asia--dwarfing the contributions of other developed nations.
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AUS: 1.3 billion, .24% of GNP
CAN: 744 million, .098% of GNP
NWY: 265 million, .119% of GNP
NTH: 509 million, .1% of GNP
IRE: 149 million, .08% of GNP
SWE: 231 million, .08% of GNP
GER: 1.07 billion, 0.04% of GNP
UK: 795 million, 0.04% of GNP
USA: 1.98 billion,
.017% of GNP
AUS per capita: over 66$
NWY per capita: over 57$
CA per capita: over 22$
etc.
USA per capita: under 7$
The EU gave more than the USA -- if I remember right, by almost a factor of two. By developed nation's standards, the USA wasn't all that high on either a per-capita or a percentage of GNP standard.