Posted by messadivoce on January 2, 2005, at 20:12:40
In reply to Re: Generosity » TofuEmmy, posted by Toph on January 2, 2005, at 6:44:34
Donations are pouring in from private US citzens and corporations alike. I really don't think it's the US govt's responsibility to knock itself out by giving money, especially since we're a capitalist country. The reason European citizens can't give as much as US citizens is because they don't have any!!! Their governments take all their money and redistribute. So their governments give huge amounts of money, US citizens give a lot too, and the media conveniently ignores the latter while comparing the US government's "stingy" donation to that of Europe's. But then I'm not surprised.
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