Re: Solo Unrecovery

In message <ootgk19k6gbp537j507b5kqkt4gudp9ucm@xxxxxxx>, Jasper Janssen
<jasper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 16:28:34 -0500, Dave Buckles <dbuckles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>> We are among the most generous people on
>>earth (if you're honest enough to include our private donations, and not
>>just government giveaways), but we do expect you to make some sort of
>
>You might want to also be honest enough to include private donations in
>*other* countries, rather than comparing your total with just the
>government spending elsewhere.

Many Americans believe that the lion's share of their Federal taxes
goes to foreign aid, more even than Social Security, the military budget
or Medicaid/Medicare. When presented with the truth, that US government
spending on foreign aid is miniscule compared to most other First World
countries they often drag out "private donations" as a distraction
forgetting private citizens in other First World countries also make
large charitable donations to foreign aid operations.

Can anyone actually name a large non-governmental international aid
organisation that is US-based? The "X Sans Frontiers" groups are French
or Canadian, Oxfam and Christian Aid are British. The ICRC is worldwide.
Right now I can't think of any US equivalents.
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