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Author Topic: Why Do People In the USA Need To Go To Foreign Countries? There Is Enough Need Here. [Locked]
Z-Elder  3 stars
Posts: 671
Registered: 2002-3-15 13:58:39
Szerek posted:

http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats


At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.Source


More than 660 million people without sanitation live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day.


The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.



I blame Raygun and Bush! Da Capitalistic Pigs.

 

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eodoll  4 stars
Posts: 1,028
Registered: 2002-2-14 12:35:42
Szerek posted:

http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.Source

More than 660 million people without sanitation live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day.

The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.



Money is a strange thing in that some places something like a sandwich that costs $5 here and is heavily processed costs 35cents elsewhere and tastes better and is more fresh. In other words, a few dollars can go a long way in the right place.

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