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To: KyrosL who wrote (72334)	9/21/2004 2:47:07 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793885

>>The US spends about 0.1% of its GDP for foreign aid This data can be sliced and diced a number of ways. I think the amount ($11 billion) your source is referring to is what comes directly through USAID, not the only organization to administer economic aid. usaid.gov For 2002, total US economic and military aid was more like $21 billion, of which slightly more than $15 billion was economic, and slightly less than $6 billion was military. See summary on page 1. dec.org Not to mention the vast sums donated by private American citizens, both indirectly via churches and other NGOs and directly, estimated at approximately $35 billion per year. globalissues.org $50 billion per year in humanitarian foreign aid isn't chicken feed. It's also more than 0.1% of GDP, which is in the range of $11 trillion.