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Originally Posted by classicman
Down boy! We're all good.
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Sheesh!
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He was referring to aid BEFORE a disaster.
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In 08, we gave about $260 million in socio-economic aid to Haiti through US AID.
http://www.usaid.gov/locations/latin...ry_Profile.pdf
Given that total US socio-economic foreign aid is about $25 billion (of a $3 trillion federal budget) or less than one penny on the dollar.
That would make US aid to Haiti about one penny of that one penny....to a close and poorest neighbor.
IMO, we can do better as a nation (and not discounting at all the outpouring of generosity of the American people in response to the tragedy), but at the same time, we need to guarantee a better bang for the bucks...and that is where the NGOs come in rather throwing $$$ at the Haitian government.