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| From | Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.forth |
| Subject | Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid |
| Date | 2017-02-10 17:55 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <o7kun3$9um$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (9 earlier) <589d1217.135405467@news.eternal-september.org> <d6068841-d384-446f-ad66-4e732d5ac663@googlegroups.com> <589de949.190495488@news.eternal-september.org> <o7kt7f$3pi$1@dont-email.me> <o7ku6e$716$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2/10/2017 17:46, Cecil Bayona wrote: > On 2/10/2017 11:30 AM, Alex wrote: >> On 2/10/2017 16:29, Stephen Pelc wrote: >>>> Anyway, England gets a lot of foreign aid from America --- that >>>> should be a suitable source of funding for pretty much anything. >>> Do tell me the details. On second thoughts, please do not. >> >> The US spends 0.19 percent of GDP on foreign aid; the UK spends 0.71 >> percent. >> >> Amazingly, the median %age that US citizens believe they are giving away >> in foreign aid is 25%. If Hugh is typical of his fellows, then he >> overestimates his generosity by a truly gobsmacking factor of 100. >> >> https://www.interaction.org/document/american-public-overestimates-us-foreign-aid >> >> >> > .19% of a hell of a lot bigger pie. Still both governments sometimes > gives free handouts where it's not deserved. > Not that much bigger. The absolute numbers are US $32.53bn (2014 figures) vs UK £12.2bn (2015 numbers or around $15.23bn at current exchange rates). -- Alex
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