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Originally Posted by Nascar1966
I will give you that one. Name me something else they have done worth a crap. Its a shame the USA is the keeper of the world especially when hardly anyone else helps out when the USA is in need. Where were all these other countries when Katrina and Ike hit? This country needs to start care of our own instead of giving all these other countries handouts.
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Wow - I had no idea: read this about the foreign aid offered by many, many countries after Katrina. It's huge!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...ricane_Katrina
Unfortunately, there is this note, after the lists of countries, and what they offered, too:
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Actual funds used
An article in the April 29, 2007 Washington Post claimed that of the $854 million offered by foreign countries, whom the article dubs "allies," to the US Government, only $40 million of the funds had been spent "for disaster victims or reconstruction" as of the date of publication (less than 5%).[49]
Additionally, a large portion of the $854 million in aid offered went uncollected, including over $400 million in oil (almost 50%).[49]
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