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The USA gave less per person than a good chunk of developed nations. So, each person in the USA gave less than each person in a large number of other developed nations, including most of Europe. (USA, Canada, Japan, Austrailia, Kiwiland, Taiwan, Singapore, Europe, Isreal, Russia -- that's a nearly complete list of "developed nations". You could possibly add in South Korea, South Africa, and a few other also-rans.).
This means that the citizens of the USA are not more generious than other developed nations, dispite the original poster's claims to the contrary. In fact, they are less generous.
The USA, as a whole, gave less than the EU. If I remember right, the EU gave (as a whole) about 2 to 5 times more than the USA.
The USA, as a fraction of it's economic wealth (GNP is a decent measure of wealth), gave a very small amount.
Someone could call that "stingy" and not be unreasonable.
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