Nasa's budget this year: 17.318 Billion Dollars.
More than 852 million people -- about 13 percent of the world population -- do not have enough food each day to sustain a healthy life, according to the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
The war in Iraq costs over 12 Million Dollars per HOUR.
Iraqi boys playing "Execution." I am not bullshitting, that is what they call it.
On any given day 800,000 people are homeless in the United States, including 200,000 children in homeless families.
Oil companies made record profits so far this year, each at over 10 Billion Dollars in pure profit.
One and one-half acres of rainforest are lost every second with tragic consequences for both developing and industrial countries.
Cost of the Manhattan Project (through August 1945): $20,000,000,000
Total number of nuclear missiles built in the US, 1951-present: 67,500
Richest person in the world, Warren Buffet - 62 Billion Dollars.
Only 45% of Americans are satisfied with their job.
Total spent on the war on drugs in the US so far this year - 34.8 Billion Dollars.
Estimated price of Mexico-US border fence - 49 Billion Dollars.
State-Level lobbying annual cost (all states) - 570 Million Dollars (2 Billion Dollars for National Government lobbying).
Large Hadron Collider to study particles - 9 Billion Dollars.
People killed by Malaria each year in Africa - 1 to 3 Million (usually young children, 1 death every 30 seconds) Total cases per year - 350-500 Million.
Cost of anti-malarial drugs per person - between $0.25 and $2.40 per dose. (in 2002)
Economic adviser Jeffrey Sachs estimates that malaria can be controlled for US$3 billion in aid per year.
Money currently spent per year on Malaria by the US government - 2.5 Million (to WHO only).
4 comments:
wow thats all true those are the horrors and stupidity of this country
thanks for keeping it true
Dont know how true this is, but none the less this is well done.
Dang when I saw the Pic of the two Iraqi kids each holding a gun to this one kid's head I almost Cried and I rarely Cry Bravo on collecting the images.
Thoose two kids...
I am not lying when I say:
That is the worst picture I've ever seen.
I did indeed cry out loud...
What is wrong with this world?
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