Thursday, January 06, 2005
Putting the Numbers Into Perspective
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher will donate $10 million US to aid efforts for tsunami victims in Asia.
Anyone remember the initial promised donation of the nation of the United States of America?
$15 Million.
That was before they got shamed into donating more by the rest of the world. But now Germany has pledged $674M and Australia, with fewer people than canada, has pledged $764M. Link.
Canada, and certainly the US, can and should follow Australia's example. Given the fact that we have 2 coasts that could get hit with something like that in the future with disastrous consequences we should definitely be thinking about our karma.
