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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....

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To: Sully- who wrote (9087)4/15/2005 11:09:51 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Carter: We're Stingy and We Don't Give a Damn

Little Green Footballs

America’s most disgraceful ex-president bashes his own country again:
(Hat tip: Kyer.)

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Carter: Rich States ‘Don’t Give a Damn’ About Poor.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Thursday harshly criticized his own country and other wealthy states for being stingy with foreign aid and said in rich countries “We really don’t give a damn.”

In a speech to a human rights conference in Atlanta, Carter said increasing financial assistance was critical to battling malaria, AIDS and other common diseases that disproportionately affect the poorest parts of the world.

“Unfortunately, in the rich countries like ours, we really don’t give a damn,” said Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981 and who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
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