Zeons Corporation (ZEON)

[A Dinosaur]

If you include the private sector, since the US traditionally gives privately, rather than via its government, I think it's more than 10 times that amount. When the tsunami hit, a lot of countries were bad-mouthing the US because the government only sent a few millions of aid. The actual total was over $1 billion, and still counting.

Because the aid comes from several sources, it's seldom added up and US taxpayers - who are the same people, whether they contribute via private collections or tax-funded agencies - are thought to be among the most generous people in the world. Of course, the "thinkers" are generally not quoted by the media.

Dino