What Really Counts
You know that between the Iraq War and these corporate bailouts, we’ve spent about 2 TRILLION dollars?
That’s enough to feed the entire world’s population for 2 years.
That’s enough to provide mosquito nets, immunizations, vitamins, clean water to everyone on the planet.
That’s enough to build schools within 5 kilometers of every child on the planet.
That’s enough to provide reproductive health care for every woman on earth.
(2 Trillion would do ALL of these things…about 100 times over.)
That’s enough to land on the moon…10,000 times.
It’s time we start spending money on the REAL big issues, like clean water in Africa, or feeding the starving children.
Did you know that more than 1 billion people around the world do not have access to clean drinking water? And every year, 5 million of them die from water-borne illnesses.
Did you know that 40% of the world’s population does not have access to basic sanitation?
Did you know that 3 million people die of malaria every year?
Did you know that 6 million children under five die every year just from hunger?
Did you know that 6000 people die of AIDS every day, and another 8200 people get infected?
You know that politicians spend money on whatever they have to get into office, right? Why don’t we all tell them we’ll vote for whoever will handle these social issues? For less than 1/10th of this government bailout of Wall Street, we could dig wells withing 5 kilometers of every person on the planet, AND build schools for every child on the planet, AND reduce malaria deaths to ZERO, and provide reproductive health for EVERY WOMAN ON THE PLANET.
This started as an email response, and has turned into a blog post. Whoever you are reading this, you need to care about suffering people. If you don’t, you deserve to switch places with them.
