Em-Slice

According to World Public Opinion.org, Americans support an increase in taxes to support developing nations, but only if other countries are doing their part. It turns out that most Americans believe that as a country we do more than other developed nations. However, the fact is that the United States has one of the lowest rates of giving per GNP (gross domestic product). This assumption coupled with the stipulation that other countries need to contribute just as much, provides another way to justify that the United States is the stand alone savior that sounds somewhat like an off base martyrdom.

The fact that America consumes a huge amount of the earth’s natural resources and has one of the largest GNPs should be enough to encourage spending on those countries less developed. However, we spend even less while believe we spend the most. Perhaps some American’s are including the money being spent on the Iraq war. But we all know that isn’t really going toward sustainable development. Unfortunately, the US government seems preoccupied with other things besides meeting the Millennium Development Goals set by the UN.