SOLEMN STATISTICS
Added on: 25th Jul 2015
.14% OF THE WORLD POPULATION OWN OVER 80%
OF THE WORLD'S PRIVATE FINANCIAL WEALTH.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT WEALTH HAS MANAGED
TO AVOID ALL INCOME AND ESTATE TAXES, EITHER
BY THE COUNTRIES WHERE IT HAS BEEN INVESTED
OR WHERE IT COMES FROM.
FOR EVERY $1 IN AID THAT A DEVELOPING COUNTRY RECEIVES,
OVER $25 IS SPENT ON DEBT REPAYMENT.
THE POORER THE COUNTRY, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS
THAT THE DEBT REPAYMENTS ARE BEING EXTRACTED
DIRECTLY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO NEITHER CONTRACTED
THE LOANS NOR RECEIVED ANY MONEY
IN 1998 $8 BILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON COSMETICS
IN THE UNITED STATES, $11 BILLION WAS SPENT ON
ICE CREAM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, $17 BILLION WAS
SPENT ON PET FOOD IN EUROPE AND THE US, $100
BILLION WAS SPENT ON ALCOHOL IN EUROPE, $400 BILLION
WAS SPENT ON NARCOTICS GLOBALLY, AND $780 BILLION
WAS SPENT ON MILITARIES AROUND THE WORLD.
IN THE SAME YEAR $6 BILLION WAS SPENT ON ACHIEVING
BASIC EDUCATION FOR ALL, $9 BILLION WAS SPENT ON
BASIC WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL, AND $13 BILLION
WAS SPENT ON BASIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION FOR ALL
IF YOU ARE READING THIS LIST THEN YOU ARE IN THE TOP
30% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION WHEN IT COMES TO
POVERTY AND WEALTH
WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES WE NOW GROW ENOUGH FOOD
TO FEED 10 BILLION PEOPLE OR 1.5 TIMES THE WORLD
POPULATION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT MOST OF THE WORLD
CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THAT FOOD.
IF THE WORLD SPENT LESS THAN 1% OF WHAT IT SPENDS
ON WEAPONS ALL THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ISSUES
WOULD BE FIXED
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