Well, money, for starters. The UN's budget is about $US 20 billion.If this is true, which I think it is, why doesn't the world simply do something about it? What are the limitations of the UN?
Five and a half bucks a head per month will end poverty?The numbers work without logistics and labour.
Five and a half bucks a head per month will end poverty?
And actually, as presented the OP seems to be saying that a one-time payment of $US135 billion will solve poverty. I'd like to see the reasoning behind that.
Dafuq?It's $388 for a tonne of 1 red.
I just assumed it meant per annum and the clumsy phrasing was typical of this kind of internet crap.Me too that question crossed my mind.
just tell us what it says Walt, I'm not googling it...enough with the mystique...Matthew 26:11
Ah. While that might solve hunger (but see the thread on the dead vegan kid), I'm pretty sure hunger isn't all there is to poverty. I always though water, shelter, clothing, and education counted too. And in countries with little or no infrastructure, infrastructure.Red wheat.
Ten bucks says it's the verse about "the poor you will always have with you."look at all the money we've thrown at Africa...from that perspective there should be no poverty any more...yet daily it grows... money is not the problem...where it lands is a problem getting food to those who need, getting fresh water to those who need...getting medical supplies to those who need
just tell us what it says Walt, I'm not googling it...enough with the mystique...
yeah that's what I was thinking...so basically; "let them eat cake" I've got mineAh. While that might solve hunger (but see the thread on the dead vegan kid), I'm pretty sure hunger isn't all there is to poverty. I always though water, shelter, clothing, and education counted too. And in countries with little or no infrastructure, infrastructure.
Ten bucks says it's the verse about "the poor you will always have with you."
Is there reasoning behind any lefty wish?Five and a half bucks a head per month will end poverty?
And actually, as presented the OP seems to be saying that a one-time payment of $US135 billion will solve poverty. I'd like to see the reasoning behind that.
You sound like gubmint.Give me the 135 Bil. I will disburse 99.9 % to charity and the poor. I promise.
OK, fair point.Is there reasoning behind any lefty wish?
Yeah, but I smell like teen spirit.You sound like gubmint.
Give me the 135 Bil. I will disburse 99.9 % to charity and the poor. I promise.
walk for two miles or more a day for kindling and water and get back to me on that oneHow much "poverty" is a personal choice including stupid decisions?
Well, money, for starters. The UN's budget is about $US 20 billion.
United Nations Official Document
Secondly, while it's possible that $US 135 billion per year would end poverty, I really doubt it. There are about seven billion people in the world. Let's say between a quarter and a third of them live in poverty, call it two billion.
$US 135 billion would provide each of them with $US67.50 per year. That's exclusive of administration costs. That's about five and a half bucks a month per head.
I don't think that will solve poverty.
That took me about 30 seconds of googling and about five seconds of arithmetic.