Who should give and how much? The case of the East African famine crisis

[Jeneral2885]

The UK gives and cares a lot about the situation. Mexico pledged US$ 1 million. Singapore US$ 50,000. How much should different nations give?

http://ipeanddevelopment.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/who-should-give-and-how-much-the-case-of-the-east-african-famine-crisis/

[Zax2me]

1. you rarely hear about East African suffering here.

We do hear how Americans are not able to keep homes air conditioned and have one family car now instead of three.

[Jeneral2885]

2. yes i know

somehow that's the case why there's a permenant cabinet-level department for international development in the UK while in America, USAID is constantly a whipping horse for cuts whenthe economy is bad and is usually under-funded.