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Subject: Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid
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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