Earthquake in the Indian sub-continent
Oct. 9th, 2005 09:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kate_schaeferBefore breakfast this morning, I sent the following email message to my two senators, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray:
I awoke this morning to the news that President Bush has promised $100,000 in aid to the victims of the earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan, and India. One hundred thousand dollars! Perhaps I have misheard. Perhaps there is a misplaced decimal point.
Is not Pakistan our most significant ally in that region? Won't this completely inadequate response to a major tragedy make us again look like bankrupt pikers, as did our response to the tsunami last December? Isn't it time to rescind the ridiculous tax cuts for the rich so that our country is not stretched too thin by war, and welfare for the wealthy, to be able to respond to changing situations as they occur?
Thank you for your representation. I don't always agree with what you do in the Senate, but you take principled stands, you put serious thought into how you vote, and it seems to me you do a good job of representing the people of Washington.
Anyone else?
I awoke this morning to the news that President Bush has promised $100,000 in aid to the victims of the earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan, and India. One hundred thousand dollars! Perhaps I have misheard. Perhaps there is a misplaced decimal point.
Is not Pakistan our most significant ally in that region? Won't this completely inadequate response to a major tragedy make us again look like bankrupt pikers, as did our response to the tsunami last December? Isn't it time to rescind the ridiculous tax cuts for the rich so that our country is not stretched too thin by war, and welfare for the wealthy, to be able to respond to changing situations as they occur?
Thank you for your representation. I don't always agree with what you do in the Senate, but you take principled stands, you put serious thought into how you vote, and it seems to me you do a good job of representing the people of Washington.
Anyone else?
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Date: 2005-10-09 09:34 am (UTC)INTERNATIONAL AID
EU: $3.6m
Australia: $380,000
UK: $177,000 and 60-strong team
US: $100,000
China: 49 rescuers, dogs, 17 tons of equipment
Japan: 50 rescue workers
Turkey: five teams of rescuers and 11 tonnes of aid
Russia: 30 rescuers, sniffer dogs, special equipment
Germany: $60,000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4324014.stm