Even after the increases in annual assistance promised by Bush at the UN’s meeting in Monterey, Mexico, in 2002, the United States is still giving less than a quarter of its commitment of 0.7% of GDP. Now, the IMF offers the following reassurance: ”You may be stingy, you may not be living up to your commitments, but the money probably wouldn’t have made much difference anyway.”
甚至就在布什于2002年墨西哥蒙特利召开的联合国会议上承诺增加年援助额后，美国的实际付出也仍然只有其所承诺的GDP 0.7%的四分之一都不到。现在，国际货币基金组织又提供了下面一针安慰剂：“你可能很吝啬，也可能没有信守你的承诺，但你的钱说到底可能也起不到什么作用。”