I didn't mean to insult you, foodstamp. I guess I just wanted to start my diatribe with a bold statement to capture attention; "lying with statistics" was what came to mind. I never intended it to refer to you personally, but to the practice of using absolute monetary values to demonstrate a nation's degree of "aid" to another.
Thicken your skin a little
In the liberal arts, being told you are lying with statistics is a pretty tame criticism, and par for the course. I've been told, and I've told, much much worse.