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The assertion that Jan Egeland claimed 'Americans are "stingy"' is false. He was speaking the day after the Tsunami disaster, when countries were slow to appreciate the scale of the disaster and correspondingly slow in their relief efforts and donations. He said that countries giving less than 0.2% of GDP were stingy and expressed his belief that 'the people' thought governments should do more.
Perhaps it would be more relevant if the thread concentrated on whether 0.2% is stingy and why the 'liberal' US media would happily spread and 'Anti-Americanism' untruth about an organisation when this claim is traditionally made by the political right.
I donate about .6% of post-tax income and on reflection I think it's stingy because I hardly notice it. If I earned less or had greater outgoings I'm sure I would consider a smaller percentage to be excessive.
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