# Haiti Relief

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**Created:** [January 15, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haiti-relief/249763 "2010-01-15T13:05:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haiti-relief/249763/74 "2010-01-18T12:52:31Z")

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> [@WTB: Wireless Cable Modem](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-wireless-cable-modem/28460/10):
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> At the end of the article:
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> “An article in the April 29, 2007 Washington Post claimed that of the $854 million offered by foreign countries, whom the article dubs “allies,” to the US Government, only $40 million of the funds had been spent “for disaster victims or reconstruction” as of the date of publication (less than 5%).[[49]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina#cite_note-Solomon_2007-48)  
> Additionally, a large portion of the $854 million in aid offered went uncollected, including over $400 million in oil (almost 50%).”
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> Obviously our government doesn’t give a shit either.

:rofl

POLITICS ON SHIFT

:retardclap

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