Post by RS Davis on Jan 4, 2005 22:28:40 GMT -5
For those of you who might wonder if Americans would help their fellow man if the government weren't doing it...
Amazonian Compassion
By Jackson Kuhl and Nick Schulz
Has the US been stingy in its response to the tsunami disaster in Asia? Depends on whom you ask. Some people at the United Nations think so. Other people, like the Hudson Institute's Carol Adelman, writing in the New York Times, think government aid isn't the only barometer of a country's compassion. She says we should consider private donations as well.
At TCS, we'd like to propose consideration of another standard of compassion: Amazonian compassion.
Shortly after the disaster, Amazon.com made its websites available for individuals to give donations to help with tsunami relief. Below you'll find amounts given by the residents of several different nations (as of 10:30 a.m. EST, January 4) to that country's Red Cross as well as approximate per capita donations.
After the American government was vilified for proposing $35 million in disaster relief, it upped its contribution to $350 million. But governments aren't the only possible donors. Individuals around the world, aided by technologies like those fine-tuned by Amazon, can make contributions quickly and easily. See below if your fellow citizens are giving enough, relative to other countries around the world. Perhaps pointing out the relative stinginess of the citizens of some nations will prompt them to give more.
USA: www.amazon.com/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $13,910,657.00
Number of donations: 171,710
Population of USA: 293,027,571
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0475
Canada: www.amazon.ca/
s1.amazon.com/paypage/P1K4EVLBRBZ771/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $62,579.82
Number of donations: 1,023
Population of Canada: 32,507,874
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0019
United Kingdom: www.amazon.co.uk/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/P3RDR40PV9HS5E/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $391,910.39
Number of donations: 7,611
Population of United Kingdom: 60,270,708
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0065
Germany: www.amazon.de/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/P3USRMAJ8GVL0F/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $170,477.00
Number of donations: 3,427
Population of Germany: 82,424,609
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0021
France: www.amazon.fr/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PMS8ISE6626LD/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $29,161.50
Number of donations: 795
Population of France: 60,424,213
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0005
Japan: www.amazon.co.jp/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/P3C9345RXUJQOM/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $87,818.00
Number of donations: 2,488
Population of Japan: 127,333,002
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0007
China: www.joyo.com/
No donation opportunity apparent on the main index page.
Jackson Kuhl is a frequent TCS contributor. Nick Schulz is Editor of TCS.
Amazonian Compassion
By Jackson Kuhl and Nick Schulz
Has the US been stingy in its response to the tsunami disaster in Asia? Depends on whom you ask. Some people at the United Nations think so. Other people, like the Hudson Institute's Carol Adelman, writing in the New York Times, think government aid isn't the only barometer of a country's compassion. She says we should consider private donations as well.
At TCS, we'd like to propose consideration of another standard of compassion: Amazonian compassion.
Shortly after the disaster, Amazon.com made its websites available for individuals to give donations to help with tsunami relief. Below you'll find amounts given by the residents of several different nations (as of 10:30 a.m. EST, January 4) to that country's Red Cross as well as approximate per capita donations.
After the American government was vilified for proposing $35 million in disaster relief, it upped its contribution to $350 million. But governments aren't the only possible donors. Individuals around the world, aided by technologies like those fine-tuned by Amazon, can make contributions quickly and easily. See below if your fellow citizens are giving enough, relative to other countries around the world. Perhaps pointing out the relative stinginess of the citizens of some nations will prompt them to give more.
USA: www.amazon.com/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $13,910,657.00
Number of donations: 171,710
Population of USA: 293,027,571
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0475
Canada: www.amazon.ca/
s1.amazon.com/paypage/P1K4EVLBRBZ771/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $62,579.82
Number of donations: 1,023
Population of Canada: 32,507,874
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0019
United Kingdom: www.amazon.co.uk/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/P3RDR40PV9HS5E/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $391,910.39
Number of donations: 7,611
Population of United Kingdom: 60,270,708
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0065
Germany: www.amazon.de/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/P3USRMAJ8GVL0F/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $170,477.00
Number of donations: 3,427
Population of Germany: 82,424,609
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0021
France: www.amazon.fr/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PMS8ISE6626LD/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $29,161.50
Number of donations: 795
Population of France: 60,424,213
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0005
Japan: www.amazon.co.jp/
s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/P3C9345RXUJQOM/104-4679654-9766331
Total collected: $87,818.00
Number of donations: 2,488
Population of Japan: 127,333,002
Approximate per capita donation to RC thru Amazon: $0.0007
China: www.joyo.com/
No donation opportunity apparent on the main index page.
Jackson Kuhl is a frequent TCS contributor. Nick Schulz is Editor of TCS.
