The united states is hardly a rich country right now in terms of their economy and thier budget. As much as we like to pretend that its play money, $100 billion a year is a signicant chunk of change.
Its great that they're promising this, but I have a funny feeling that its a useless gesture. First and foremost non of that money should be going to China or India or the other so called developing countries with emerging economies that should be able to pay their own tab and get on board with an agreement that doesn't harm developed nations economies for their benefit.
Second of all, until somebody tells me that this money is heavily auditable by someone outside of the UN, my guess is that the $100 billion will be siphoned off by corrupt UN officials and third world tin pot dicators that would rather build castles and buy guns.
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