Originally Posted by FRYandBENDER

Well, I guess that is the difference between a Frenchman and an American. Even though the dollar amount that we give is substantially higher, you're still not satisfied because we're not "sacrificing" enough. Don't worry though. I have a feeling we're about to have an extended period of Democratic leadership over here and we will soon be as socialistic as you guys.


Anyways, back to the "sacrifices" we don't make. Just who in the hell is Europe, or are you for that matter, to criticize the US when the actual dollar amount we give blows your collective dollar amount out of the water. If the best you can do is criticize that we don't give a ceartain percentage of our GNI then you are really getting desperate for something bad to say. And who exactly decided that percent of GNI is "the thing to look at?" Lets take a look at what percent of your argument makes no sense at all. That is like saying "Well, I didn't get the job done as well you did,....... but I tried harder than you did." Obviously we must be doing something right.

If this is the kind of lame criticisms we are going to get I say we quit handing out our money and support for a decade and see how the world gets along then. This includes the ridiculous amount of consumer goods that we import.