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To: Road Walker who wrote (213989)	12/30/2004 9:08:18 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577894

The real problem, John, is that all you are doing is complaining about the U.S. generosity when we are currently the world's largest doner. Then add to that all the money flowing in from U.S. companies like Cisco, Johnson & Johson, Amazon, etc, and that more than doubles the gov't giving. money.cnn.com Then add to that the tens of billions in free aid we give the world yearly, including $15 billion for aids and no American citizen should be shamed into thinking we don't give enough. The reality is that we give more than any other country in the world. Those who think otherwise are just ignorant. Those who live in glass houses should not be casting stones.

To: Road Walker who wrote (213989)	12/31/2004 10:34:46 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577894

Al, Just think of what this country would stand for, if we could shoulder the relief effort. If we could throw the resources that we are using for war into helping folks that really need our help, without a thought of payback. If we used our military for defense and our largess for charity. Americans have been among the most generous people on earth..but this monster in the WH is a cold hearted bastard...after 3 days of silence, and an initial pledge of $5M, he had to be shamed into action, and even then, the pledge went up in fits and starts, now standing at a pultry sum of $35M... Al