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To: jlallen who wrote (92789)	12/29/2004 4:02:23 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793731

If you know who to send money to without it being siphoned off, let me know. Agencies already there probably are best.

To: jlallen who wrote (92789)	12/29/2004 4:20:42 PM
From: microhoogle!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793731

No point in bashing one agency over the other... in real disaster situations all of them are there, they roll up their sleeves, work in the worst possible conditions (among the dead, carcasses lying around, lack of proper sanitation of others as well as themselves), put their own lives at risks away from their families. Above all the coordinate with each others (relief agencies) on how best to plug the logistical holes. It may be a different story that one agency may be better managed than others, but I personally would never cast any doubts on any of their altruistic nature of work. Further see what state department states about the donation: in response to "stingy" comment. According to the Congressional Research Service, an independent agency, the United States is the largest aid donor in terms of dollars, but its record of donating two-tenths of 1 percent of its national economy for foreign aid makes it among the smallest donors as a proportion of what it could theoretically afford. Countering that argument, the State Department acknowledges on an official Web site that its direct economic aid is "the smallest among government foreign assistance programs" but that the "true measure" of American generosity should include private money.