Haiti donations by country - Page 4
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Arhkangel
Argentina769 Posts
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
On February 11 2010 03:30 Shiladie wrote: Canadians are always the nice people of the world it seems... No, your government donated for you. I've yet to see a, "Put Romantic through college" donation yet. Until then I disagree with any charity for any purpose. | ||
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Chill
Calgary25980 Posts
On February 08 2010 14:57 BatTheMan wrote: i gave $7 i'm canadian! there's shit load of haitian in montreal that's why. I work in a children hospital and there's alot of white parent's adopting black kids also. I gave 0 so were there! | ||
MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
On February 11 2010 04:00 Romantic wrote: No, your government donated for you. I've yet to see a, "Put Romantic through college" donation yet. Until then I disagree with any charity for any purpose. Donated our money on behalf of us. + Those that donate on the grassroots level ~_~ Get a grant and put yourself through college slacker | ||
Not_Computer
Canada2277 Posts
I think pretty much almost every country in the world sent or did SOMETHING. Humanitarian response by national governments to the 2010 Haiti earthquake edit: fixed link cause it broke layout | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On February 08 2010 16:43 BlackJack wrote: Having the default view set as donated total isn't any more unobjective than writing a news article based on government pledges and trying to compare it to the generosity of a nation. The US gives a larger percent of its GDP to private philathropy than any other country. It gets so old after every disaster that someone has to post a link showing how much each government pledges and the US gets knocked because we prefer to donate privately instead of having our government spend our money for us. Isn't it especially silly this time around because 1.5$/person doesn't look bad at all (to me) o_O | ||
kiykiy
233 Posts
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
On February 08 2010 16:43 BlackJack wrote: Having the default view set as donated total isn't any more unobjective than writing a news article based on government pledges and trying to compare it to the generosity of a nation. The US gives a larger percent of its GDP to private philathropy than any other country. It gets so old after every disaster that someone has to post a link showing how much each government pledges and the US gets knocked because we prefer to donate privately instead of having our government spend our money for us. A majority of the donations given by the US were probably made by the richest of the rich, people who can afford to give lots of money. I haven't given any money because my family is facing possible bankruptcy, and I've got to worry about where I'm going to live and how I'm going to eat over the next year. I don't think that the situation that I, and probably many other Americans are in, should reflect poorly on the generosity of the US as a whole. We've got all the wealth in a small population, and that population undoubtedly spurred our overall donations given to the top of the charts. How is America as a whole being non-generous? If and when I am put in a situation where I have a lot extra money during some disaster, there's no doubt that I would give donations where they are needed. | ||
Makhno
Sweden585 Posts
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MorningMusume11
United States3490 Posts
On February 11 2010 01:53 anImaru wrote: I'd guess that the overwhelming majority of the private donations come from the US as well. Also South Korea is fail. Oh yeah say that to the country that's providing you with SC entertainment | ||
PiePie
United States248 Posts
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
Glad to be an above-average-donating Canadian, lol. (I donated 5) | ||
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