Who��s the most stingy?

Originally posted by Temujin St. Nikolaus is still celebrated in Germany on 6th december and kids get chocolate and candy in socks or rather boots (not military ) that day. don't know why Americans mixed that with christmas.

St. Nikolaus is still celebrated in Germany on 6th december and kids get chocolate and candy in socks or rather boots (not military ) that day. don't know why Americans mixed that with christmas.

Originally posted by Catt Japan just raised them, $500m. This is going to turn into, 'who is the most generous?'.

That easily happen when the heads of the UN call the West "stingy". They can shove that statement though, the Red Cross here has now collected 50-60 million dollars from private persons, which is about 10 dollars for each persont above 18. At least the population could do something good to counter the lousy reaction of the government.

The United States raised their pledge to 350 million (source is CNN).

nobody badmouth coca cola, they invented Santa Claus!

Originally posted by Cornellia US aid is up to $350 million. I heard today that Pfizer has pledged 35 million and that the Red Cross raised 18 million in 3 days in the US. And one young boy in Washington State opened a hot chocolate stand to help raise money and raised $225 in a few hours.

Pfizer? Medicine company, yes?

 

Just read that the Red Cross has raised 10 million dollars here.

US aid is up to $350 million.

I heard today that Pfizer has pledged 35 million and that the Red Cross raised 18 million in 3 days in the US.

And one young boy in Washington State opened a hot chocolate stand to help raise money and raised $225 in a few hours.  

Originally posted by Styrbiorn  CocaCola has donated $10m

      bout time they did something good....

Just sent a small symbolic (I am supposed to be a poor student after all...) gift  to the local Red Cross. Took quite a while though, since the servers were overloaded. Hopefully the Swedish Government will compensate for the worthless early reaction from the UD(Foreign Department). For starters the head of the dep. went to the theater when she heard about the disaster instead of doing her job. The always so mild state minister is said to be furious about the whole mess though, so maybe something will happen soon.

A little updated list.

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The US has incrementally been raising the contributions as the death toll and damage has risen. GW doesnt have a stack of blank checks. Powell and Jeb Bush are heading there to access the situation now. You cant immediately start throwing hundreds of millions of dollars aimlessly towards Southeastern Asia. The last i checked, India had denied any monetary assistance saying it could take care of itself. They definately will receive help in some fashion.

Yes, i think factoring the ships and plane drops ect., is important but not because of the cost but because it shows that the US can physically get in there and help.
What would be nice is to see some of these oversized cooperations publicly donate.

Im sorry, but the next person from some organization that says anything again in the wake of all this, should just stfu and either reach in his/her own pocket or roll up their sleeves.

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