SOLEMN STATISTICS

.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