December 31, 2004
Holy Batman..
The United States is pledging $350 million to help tsunami victims, a tenfold increase over its first wave of aid, President Bush announced Friday.“Initial findings of American assessment teams on the ground indicate that the need for financial and other assistance will steadily increase in the days and weeks ahead,” Bush said Friday in a statement released in Crawford, Texas, where he is staying at his ranch.
And the tally of other nations..
France has promised $57 million, Britain has pledged $95 million, Sweden is sending $75.5 million and Spain is offering $68 million, although that pledge is partly in loans.
Keyword: Loans
It is nice to see France pushing up their “stinginess” to $57 million. However none of this beats the $125,000,000 + that US citizens have pledged.
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6:23 am [ Quote ]
When you look at the relative wealth of the nations involved, it’s really nothing to brag about. Nice to see something getting done, but first impressions count, and it’s tough to get over the fact that Bush’s inaugural party initially had more funding than the relief effort.
1:17 pm [ Quote ]
Scar I knew someone would bring up that argument..
His inaugural party is from private funders. NOT from the government. The money has already been funded, and it occured WAY before the tsunami.