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In reply to the discussion: Alternet: How Ayn Rand Helped Make The U.S. Into A Selfish, Greedy Nation [View all]tabatha
(18,795 posts)12. World Giving Index - 2010
A very nice PDF with lots of charts and statistics.
USA comes in 5th, although with its access to capital and having plundered the rest of the world, it should come in at 1.
https://www.cafonline.org/pdf/WorldGivingIndex28092010Print.pdf
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Alternet: How Ayn Rand Helped Make The U.S. Into A Selfish, Greedy Nation [View all]
Hissyspit
Dec 2011
OP
Bingo. But she is the darling of the GOP (Grand Old Psychopath) party
ProfessionalLeftist
Dec 2011
#10
It's not my problem that you refuse to believe that my country does a lot of good in the world.
Bogart
Dec 2011
#7
Bush was responsible for many stupid things. Some of them are correctable--some are not.
Bogart
Dec 2011
#22
If the Randists had their way the dollar amount of US foreign aid would be exactly ZERO.
kestrel91316
Dec 2011
#14
foreign aid is not charity -- it's a hammer we use to get what we want.
nashville_brook
Dec 2011
#16