Let's put this in perspective: The $40 million that is being spent on W's inauguration is just $10 million more than the original United States pledge for Asian tsunami relief efforts.
I understand that it's all donated money, the blog was just to put dollar amounts in perspective. I know that we are giving more aid now, I was just talking about the *initial* pledge that we gave. Seems a bit stingy. No oil there...
what's also awesome is that the US is slapping a tarrif on shrimp imports from thailand and some other countries. you know, countries that were hurt by the tsunami and don't exactly need a tarrif to screw with their aquaculture, a big part of their economies.
in the end, the US will donate a great amount of money.
ReplyDeletewhere is the aid rom oil rich states like saudi arabia, qatar, etc?
How much would Kerry have spent?
ReplyDelete(Also, it's donated money).
Also, Frank Rich had a great take on this in the NYTimes a couple weeks ago.
I understand that it's all donated money, the blog was just to put dollar amounts in perspective. I know that we are giving more aid now, I was just talking about the *initial* pledge that we gave. Seems a bit stingy. No oil there...
ReplyDeletewhat's also awesome is that the US is slapping a tarrif on shrimp imports from thailand and some other countries. you know, countries that were hurt by the tsunami and don't exactly need a tarrif to screw with their aquaculture, a big part of their economies.
ReplyDeletemy guess is that 30 mill will go a lot further in banda aceh, than in washington d.c.
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