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Originally Posted by Libertine
I don't give a fuck about charity. What I am concerned with are the millions of people whose deaths are being ignored and even allowed by us. Kindness, charity, giving, caring - they're all nice words and concepts, and not worth anything at all compared to the lives being lost every day.
And, just for the record, and as I said before, by far the most money given to charities is given to local or national charities, operating on a local or national level. The reason I am being an asshole in this thread is not that I believe that every bit of money should go to Africa... it's that almost no money is going to Africa and other extremely poor regions of the world.
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Do you even know what the hell you are talking about?
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Total FY 2007 USAID Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan and Eastern Chad $190,463,000¹
Total FY 2007 USG Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan and Eastern Chad $190,463,000
Total FY 2006 and FY 2007 USG Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan and Eastern Chad $776,335,816
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http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-s..._africa/sudan/
Looks like the US is not doing enough??
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp
How much of that money is going to Africa ?
Look at the chart, over 25% of all aid the US gives goes to Africa.
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Originally Posted by Libertine
it's that almost no money is going to Africa and other extremely poor regions of the world.
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Now, please shut the fuck up. You have been educated.