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

From Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid
Date 2017-02-10 12:04 -0600
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On 2/10/2017 11:55 AM, Alex wrote:
> 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).
>
I would like to have the difference.

-- 
Cecil - k5nwa

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                OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-02-10 17:30 +0000
                Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-02-10 11:46 -0600
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                Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-02-10 17:55 +0000
                Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-02-10 12:04 -0600
                Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-02-10 18:07 +0000
                Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2017-02-10 12:57 -0600
                Re: OT: [ was re: Really?] Foreign aid Alex <alex@rivadpm.com> - 2017-02-10 19:26 +0000
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