TheMadCap Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Have we accepted any aid from other countries, or are taxpayers going to get the rest of the bill after donations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Have we accepted any aid from other countries, or are taxpayers going to get the rest of the bill after donations? 433470[/snapback] Some. Not a whole lot. A big part of the reason why is that you need somewhere to put it and something to do with it. Germany's offer of a few dozen high-volume pumps, for example, is generous and necessary...but were we to accept them right now, they'd sit unused for a while in some warehouse somewhere while they found places to put them and a means of powering them. It's better and cheaper for everyone concerned that, if stuff's going to sit unused until later, it sit unused in its home country until it's needed. It's called planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finknottle Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Have we accepted any aid from other countries, or are taxpayers going to get the rest of the bill after donations? 433470[/snapback] Not sure if the USG has accepted any, for the reasons tossed out by the crap throwing monkey, but I know that some countries have had donations on the order of 10-20 million accepted by charity organizations (Red Cross, I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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