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Originally Posted by chodadog
And ultimately, whichever country the money came from at all is irrelevant to those in need. So it doesn't even matter that the US gave $X and Canada gave $Y. In the end, the guy in need gets $X+$Y. So couldn't it quite easily be argued that people shouting about how much the US gives in total are looking for a national pat on the back themselves?
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Well I never said those who received the contributions shouldn't keep in mind who helped them. Far from it.
But assuming it was some genuine contribution and not just a token amount to 'get their name on the list', what point is served by arguing about these numbers? Idiots can cut up statistics any way they want, saying one country is more generous if you take into account the population, or if you take into account the GDP, or if you divide it by the average income, or if you factor in that one country was in a recession at the time while consumer spending was up in another, etc... these types of formulas can be viewed from so many sides that they are essentially meaningless. If you think they do prove something just read the past 100 or so posts again LOL.