According to the Borgen Project:
| Top Global Issues and the Annual Amount Needed to Solve the Problem:
• Eliminate Starvation and Malnutrition ($19 billion) • Provide Shelter ($21 billion) • Remove Landmines ($4 billion) • Eliminate Nuclear Weapons ($7 billion) • Refugee Relief ($5 billion) • Eliminate Illiteracy ($5 billion) • Provide Clean, Safe Water ($10 billion) • Provide Health Care and AIDS Control ($21 billion) • Stop Deforestation ($7 billion) • Stabilize Population ($10.5 billion) • Retire Developing Nations Debt ($30 billion) (Figures are from the World Game Institute, based on an annual budget with a 10-year period needed to achieve complete success.) |
Total Cost: $134.5 Billion.
Annual U.S. defense budget: approx. $400 Billion.
Go figure.
Go Kucinich.
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