Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:45 am
Thanks, gentle Reader, I had seen the document you give in the link but i didn't know what to do with it.
This is interesting, but unfortunatley I can't copy the chart here, you'll need to look for a green and red chart in the middle of the document GR provided.
It shows that in proportion to their GID the top donors are Norway (0.95 % of GNI), Sweden, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Ireland comes just next), and that the US comes last with only 0.16 of GNI.)
Source: OECD Development Statistics Online last accessed Sunday, April 27, 2008
They say later that the reluctance of the US government to help is not due to stinginess but to the belief that you actually harm the individual by helping him directly, that he must learn to stand on his own two feet... so from that point of view they are just as wise or just as harsh as they are about their own needy citizens at home.
Another part of the document says that US citizens are more generous than their government, which I'm ready to believe, but I couldn't see any clear figures.
If one of you could find such comparative figures, I'd be interested.
This is interesting, but unfortunatley I can't copy the chart here, you'll need to look for a green and red chart in the middle of the document GR provided.
It shows that in proportion to their GID the top donors are Norway (0.95 % of GNI), Sweden, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Ireland comes just next), and that the US comes last with only 0.16 of GNI.)
Source: OECD Development Statistics Online last accessed Sunday, April 27, 2008
They say later that the reluctance of the US government to help is not due to stinginess but to the belief that you actually harm the individual by helping him directly, that he must learn to stand on his own two feet... so from that point of view they are just as wise or just as harsh as they are about their own needy citizens at home.
Another part of the document says that US citizens are more generous than their government, which I'm ready to believe, but I couldn't see any clear figures.
If one of you could find such comparative figures, I'd be interested.