Why Do We Need to Defend Ourselves?
All over the news is this accusation that the US is stingy with relief efforts. According to this link, Amazon.com alone has raised over $500,000, more than the entire French Government...
The US government is giving $35 million for relief, the budget of a medium movie.
Even with a natural disaster, somehow the discussion finds its way to a discussion of America's role in the world.
I don't know what to say about this. I feel like the easy thing to say is that we should all give more money...that's always the easy answer, isn't it.
1 comment:
the first number $35M became $350M when the administration realized that there was political gain to relief efforts. so yes, the first number was obviously small and critics were right to point out the (initial) stinginess....
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