More of the truth slips out from between the cracks the net news. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect illustration of how distorted or incomplete information alters our perception of what is true and what is not.
A little more comparative math for the unconvinced:
Us, Stingy?
It's All Relative
By DAVE LINDORFF
Cost of one F-22 Raptor tactical fighter jet -- $225 million
Cost of the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq--$228 million/day
Amount spent by Kerry and Bush campaigns -- $400 million
U.S. aid to Yushenko camp in recent Ukrainian conflict -- $30+ million
Estimated cost of Bush's Second Inauguration and Ball -- $ 40+ million
Amount of U.S. tax cuts under Bush -- $1 trillion
Cost of the U.S. Iraq War in 2004 -- $147 billion
U.S. reconstruction aid budgeted for Iraq (though never spent!) -- $18 billion
Amount the U.S. initially in aid to Indian Ocean tsunami victims -- $ 10 million
Amount U.S. offered in tsunami aid after being chastised by UN official -- $35 million
Seeing as it's New Year's Eve and there is much to do to prepare for the festivities, I'll let you, the reader decide if it's worth delving into the stinginess behind the crowing.
Let's hope that 2005 is a more compassionate, more honest year.
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