DEPRESSING STATISTICS

THERE ARE NEARLY 210 MILLION ORPHANS IN THE WORLD

NEARLY 15% OF THEM WILL COMMIT SUICIDE

BEFORE TURNING 18

75% OF THE TOTAL DEATHS DURING WORLD WAR II

WERE CIVILIANS (NEARLY 50 MILLION PEOPLE)

22,000 KIDS DIE EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF POVERTY

A TYPICAL COW IN THE EUROPEAN UNION RECEIVES A

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY OF $2.20 A DAY. THE COW

EARNS MORE THAN 1.2 BILLION OF THE WORLD'S

POOREST PEOPLE.

THE UNITED STATES NOW SPENDS SOME $200 BILLION ON

THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM EACH YEAR, A SUM THAT

EXCEEDS THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF

TWENTY-FIVE US STATES AND 140 FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

AT LEAST 10 TIMES AS MANY GIRLS ARE NOW TRAFFICKED

INTO BROTHELS ANNUALLY AS AFRICAN SLAVES WERE

TRANSPORTED TO THE NEW WORLD IN THE PEAK YEARS

OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.

YOUR BRAIN STARTS TO DETERIORATE WHEN YOU ARE 27

THE AMOUNT THE U.S. MILITARY SPENDS ANNUALLY

ON AIR CONDITIONING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

IS $20.2 BILLION. THAT'S MORE THAN NASA'S BUDGET.