{"id":2708,"date":"2007-06-05T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2007-06-05T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T02:17:00","slug":"an-beal-bocht-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2007\/06\/05\/22\/17\/an-beal-bocht-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Beal Bocht"},"content":{"rendered":"

The amount of foreign development aid given by the U.S. government is, at 22 cents for every $100 the nation earns, about the same, as a percentage of gross national income, as Portugal gives and about half that of the U.K. Worse still, much of it is directed where it best suits U.S. strategic interests \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Iraq is now by far the largest recipient of U.S. development aid, and Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and Afghanistan all rank in the Top 10. Less than a quarter of official U.S. development aid \u00e2\u20ac\u201d barely a nickel in every $100 … \u00e2\u20ac\u201d goes to the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s poorest nations … Even when private donations are included, however, countries like Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands give three or four times as much foreign aid, in proportion to the size of their economies, as the U.S. gives \u00e2\u20ac\u201d with a much larger percentage going to the poorest nations.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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