by comparison, US Tsunami Relief Pledge:

$35 Million

2004 Florida Hurricane Relief

$3.17 Billion (source)

Cost of Bush’s 2005 Inauguration

$40 Million+ (source)

US per capita Tsunami Relief Pledge

$35 million/295 million = $0.12 (source)

Australian per capita Relief Pledge

$27.6 million/19 million = $1.45 (source)

( in US dollars)