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Tuesday, December 28, 2004UN official: US being "stingy"UN official says US not giving enough, needs to raise taxes:
But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.Oh, how well you know the American taxpayer, Mr. Jan Egeland. I don't know how often I've seen the protests - Americans in the street, clamoring for the federal government to take more of their money and give it to other countries.[/sarcasm] Just for shits and giggles, I'm going to point out that the US government has already pledged $15 million in relief for those effected, with more on the way. That's the largest single donation from any nation or agency, followed by Australia at $10 million. The Red Cross has pledged $6 million in relief, most of which will come from private donations from American citizens - the most charitable nation on Earth. And it goes without saying that 22% of whatever action the UN takes will be funded by the American taxpayer, as well as 22% of Mr. Egeland's salary (that is, the portion of that money that doesn't go directly into the hands of dictators and mass murderers). |
