You can't outgive the American people.
According to the The Chronicle of Philanthropy, private charitable contributions have topped $305,000,000.00, eight days after the horrific quake devastated Haiti.
"The pace of giving for Haiti is running ahead of the amount donated in the same period after the Asian tsunamis in 2004, but slower than the outpouring of gifts after the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
In the six days after the flooding started in New Orleans, Americans gave at least $457-million for relief efforts. In the nine days after the Asian tsunamis, major U.S. relief groups raised $163-million."
Well, there is a recession going on.
Last Thursday, President Obama pledged $100,000,000.00 in government aid to Haiti, with a promise of more to come. This money is ultimately provided by private citizens, in the form a tax dollars.
The issue of our military presence in Haiti would add considerable government expenditures to these figures, but, again, those costs are incurred by the U.S. tax payer.
You can't outgive the American people.
Of course, the Lefties are prattling on with some tangential screed about wealth redistribution and our meager gub'mint aid to Haiti when compared to the production costs of the movie "Avatar." Or something.
This dissonant thought pattern totally discounts the private charity, but that's typical of Lefties.
I wonder if that author bothered to ask how big a check director James Cameron wrote for relief efforts?
