From: James Shanks (n1vbn@arrl.net)
Date: Sat Jan 01 2005 - 07:27:14 PST
President Bush just upped the United States contribution to $350,000,000.00
for the Tsunami relief effort from $35,000,000.00...not counting costs for
the Military effort underway.
Jim
At 10:47 PM 12/30/2004, International Movie Services wrote:
>Correction:
>Canada $40 million (Cdn $ about .83cents US)
>Ian
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>>Amounts may change quickly, but so far I found this...
>>France: 176,730 USD
>>Canada: 1,000,000 USD
>>Germany: 3,800,000 USD
>>USA: 35,000,000 USD (plus 12 vessels loaded with
>>food and medical supplies and saltwater converters for
>>drinking water. The total USA aid will soon be over a
>>billion dollars when counting relief supplies and
>>manpower costs.
>>The USA promises to greatly increase this amount as
>>needs become better coordinated and can be directed to
>>the right places and people.
>>( Not widely known nor even counted in the money
>>above, but 20% of the total UN contribution is funded
>>by the US taxpayers.)
>>Funny that UN Undersecretary Egeland accused the USA
>>of being stingy when the USA gives more aid than any
>>other nation.
>>As to the aid sent to the US after 9/11, I did
>>considerable checking and it appears the sum total of
>>aid sent by the countries you (APB) noted was, uh,....
>>zero, give or take a zero. France was zero, Sri Lanka
>>zero, Thailand zero... and so it goes.
>>But, its not about money is it? No, we are content
>>with all that wonderful goodwill and gratitude that
>>makes us so popular in the world. Gives us a sort of
>>warm feeling or is that warmth just from the Molotov
>>cocktails showering flaming gasoline on our tour bus?
>>
>>--- m35products <m35prod@optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I would like to know total dollar amount of
>>>assistance (food, medicine,
>>>materiel, transportation, communication, etc.)
>>>offered so far by each of the
>>>following: USA, France, and other UN members.
>>>Also, I would like to know total value, in USD, of
>>>assistance paid to USA
>>>following the attacks of 9-11-01 by the following:
>>>Thailand, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, India, Polynesia.
>>>A P Bloom
>>>
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James Shanks
n1vbn@arrl.net
1985 M1009
1998 IMZ 8.103
1984 H-D FLHT-C
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