[ninty]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo. ... id=5617473

[Sgt>Stackem]

Originally Posted by Pyro

I could care less if the UN exists or not. But I don't see why americans have such a big problem with it.

we pay too much and get too little

[ninty]

Ten largest donors to CAP 2003, measured by contributions as a proportion of GDP:
http://www.un.org/depts/ocha/cap/images ... entage.jpg

Funding contributions to peace operations:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/allied_ ... III-6.html

[Coleman]

Yeah Qatar probably contributes $50 and that's more than what they should contribute. The USA still doesn't need to cough up all this money for no reason. There's no point in paying for 'membership' (for lack of better terms) to the UN when all the US gets out of it is frustration. I do think every country is in it to get something back from it. Alot of the nations are members for protection. Why the hell would America need UN troops for protection? Exactly.

I sort of believe that every action made by every human is caused by selfishness (selfish isn't used as a totally negative term in this use)

[Maplegyver]

peace

[Sgt>Stackem]

Originally Posted by ninty9

Ten largest donors to CAP 2003, measured by contributions as a proportion of GDP:
http://www.un.org/depts/ocha/cap/images ... entage.jpg

Funding contributions to peace operations:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/allied_ ... III-6.html

I love statistics, they can be tweeked to say anything


did you know 80% of all statistics are 99% bullshit

[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

[quote="Sgt>Stackem":65211]

Originally Posted by Pyro

I could care less if the UN exists or not. But I don't see why americans have such a big problem with it.

we pay too much and get too little[/quote:65211]

Maybe it's because some of the countries protested against an illegal invasion

[quote:65211]I love statistics, they can be tweeked to say anything


did you know 80% of all statistics are 99% bullshit[/quote:65211]


Even when they come from the official site of the United Nations?

[ninty]

Originally Posted by Sgt>Stackem":8701d][quote=ninty9]Ten largest donors to CAP 2003, measured by contributions as a proportion of GDP:
[url="http://www.un.org/depts/ocha/cap/images/GDP%20percentage.jpg

http://www.un.org/depts/ocha/cap/images ... entage.jpg[/url]

Funding contributions to peace operations:
http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/allied_ ... III-6.html

I love statistics, they can be tweeked to say anything


did you know 80% of all statistics are 99% bullshit[/quote:8701d]

The first one comes from the UN website itself, the second one comes from the US Department of Defense. oOo:

[Maplegyver]

Originally Posted by ninty9

I love statistics, they can be tweeked to say anything


did you know 80% of all statistics are 99% bullshit

The first one comes from the UN website itself, the second one comes from the US Department of Defense. oOo:[/quote:e5acd]
owned

[Sgt>Stackem]

Originally Posted by ninty9

I love statistics, they can be tweeked to say anything


did you know 80% of all statistics are 99% bullshit

The first one comes from the UN website itself, the second one comes from the US Department of Defense. oOo:[/quote:30a38]

it is still skewed, how about ranking the countries by the amount of people that have shoes? Comparing GDP with little countries isnt a fair comparision. The US is the most industrialized country in the world so to compare it to Qatar is a joke, but if that is your way to get stats then go for it.

[ninty]

Its not comparing it with little countries, its top 10 compared to gdp.

US contributes far more than anyone else, but that is beacuse their economy is enormous. When you put it on a scale of gdp, it shows exactly how much of the government is spending out of the total.

If one country spends 10% of gdp but it is really small and that means it only contributes $1,000,000 the US spends .01% gdp and contributes $25,000,000. The stats aren't skewed, most stats between countries are run through GDP. If you were to compare US and China's military spending, you'd do it through GDP.