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At 17:40 +0000 9/10/01, cas@... wrote:
>we also provide for help to other countries in the
>world than any other country in the world,

Have you noticed that while rock managers are always seen as 
bloodsuckers, world music producer Peter Gabriel has this inalterable 
image of a sort of Doctor Schweitzer of music ? that's because he 
deals with the Third World, so the assumption is that he _helps_ 
musiciens, that he must be generous....

I'm sure many american individuals are very generous. I'm sure you 
are. But get real, the world "help" doesn't belong in politics. The 
"help" your (and my) country sends to poor countries is first & 
foremost to help itself to make profits - compared to which the 
so-called "help" is but very small change.

I'm not even sure that USA "helps" more than any other country. I 
read somewhere that in proportion of the revenue per capita, Belgium 
"donates" 4 times more, and Norway 10 times more - then again, these 
figures have no real meaning.