“I don’t know how much money the US has given Haiti freely over the past 2 decades, but I believe in the past 2 years alone we’ve given over a billions dollars to Haiti. Not a million, but a Billion with a B.”
Actually NINE BILLION in the last 10 years. (figure was referenced last night on FR) Not to mention the 200,000 illegal haitians and the 800,000 legal ones we’ve given a home and endless contributions to.
“For FY 2009 the USG is
providing over $142.7 million,”
http://www.usaid.gov/ht/docs/iip/investing_in_people_one_page.pdf
BTW, Haiti’s debt to the USA and others, 1.2 Billion $$$ has been cancelled.
http://us.oneworld.net/article/365154-haiti-secures-billion-dollar-debt-cancellation
Reads as though their credit report might be better than ours.