[extropy-chat] sri lanka tsunami

[Max M]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

>The EU is a larger economy now than the US, yet has pledged only $4
>million up front to the US' $15 million, and a Norwegian UN official
>had the gall to say that the US was stingy and needed to 'raise taxes'
>to be more generous
>  
>

I think you have misread it. It seems pretty clear from the text that he 
means the entire western hemisphere. Not especially the US. Besides, he 
is making a statement as a UN official. Not as a Norwegian nor as a 
European.

>    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. 
>  
>

It also seems that you choose to not to read:

"Offers of aid have poured in from around the world in the past two 
days, with the European Union's executive arm releasing $4 million in 
emergency aid and pledging an additional $27 million."

Clearly stating that $27 million more is on the way.

Besides from that. My surprise was not really about amounts, but about 
the unnessecary attack on the French, which I don't understand.


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