Re: [TruthTalk] Fw: For Kevin - Re Us and Aid

[David Miller]

You were responding to Kevin, not Jonathan.  Here are the numbers from that post:   Jonathan highlighted from Kevin's post: >> The US is the largest overall donor with its $16.3bn in >> 2003. But this works out as 0.15% of its GNI - the >> lowest of any G8 member and less than half the 0.35% >> EU average. Britain stands at 0.34% and Norway is the >> highest, with 0.92%.   Kevin wrote: > Which leaves out the fact that individual giving > adds another 22bn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   As you can see, the number was 16.3bn, which Kevin said left out another 22bn, to which you said the percentages would be about the same, to which I pointed out that they are not the same (16.3bn/GNI versus 38.3bn/GNI).   I'm glad to see that it was simply a misunderstanding on your part.  Don't you get tired arguing about such mundane things?  Let it go.  Jonathan and the authors of that article were playing fast and loose with the numbers to make it imply something that was not true.   Peace be with you. David Miller.   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Fw: For Kevin - Re Us and Aid David  --  stop treating me like I am some kind of idiot.   Go back and look at Jonathan's post.   I don't have time to retrieve and defend  --  but my memory sees numbers like 32% and 34% .   You think I was comparing 16% to 38%   --------------    ?????        Here is a fact  ---    Fundies (Evangel Funda's) earned a total of 880 billion last decade!   They spent 8 billion on weight loss and 2 billion in tithing.   You want me to believe they gave 28 b  (or was it 22b ??) to benevolent aide world wide.   What is that percentage  -----   22 b divided by 880 b?     I AM  a political conservative but I have the good sense to know when we are pretending to be gracious in giving and when, in fact, we are just fat, proud and selfish !!!!!     JD         -----Original Message----- From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 11:03:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Fw: For Kevin - Re Us and Aid Kevin wrote: >> Which leaves out the fact that individual giviving >> adds another 22bn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! John wrote: > Iff that is true, the percentages would be > just about the same. So what?! LOL. Where did you learn math? ((16.3 + 22) / GNI) = (38.3/GNI) John says (38.3/GNI) is just about the same as (16.3/GNI) ????? Do you really think that 38.3 billion is just about the same as 16.3 billion? Now let's change GNI to per capita GNI by dividing by the population size to get the real individual sacrifice. Then you are going to have to argue that greater sacrifice means more to the poor than greater amount. That's like arguing that a dollar from a homeless man helps the needy more than a million dollars from a rich man! Good luck. Peace be with you. David Miller.