I'm not sure I wanted to know how globally rich we are. But it sure is an eye-opener!
http://www.globalrichlist.com/
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6 comments:
That is a really cool link. Thank you for sharing it!
Indeed.... thank you for sharing!
Eye opener, yes. I wish I could buy 25 apple trees for $8. Instead we will probably pay $20 each. Because we live here, that will come to $500. And $75 for a mobile health clinic!! I wish! Shot, that would be at least $100,000 here (and that is without labor/gas).
sorry to be such a spoil-sport, but now I feel real poor. you can delete this is you feel like it.
Libby--James? whichever one of you wrote that. I suppose I have to confess to just looking at the calculation and no further. I think, actually, that poverty is much more complex than they make it out to be. My feelings are that our government expects us to live in a certain way, so living on a dollar a day is not doable. You can't just throw up a little shack somewhere, it has to be up to code. But what you point out is valid as well--it reminds me that much of our wealth goes straight into big corporations' pockets. Even if you're buying local--especially if you are! it costs more for quality merchandise because of all kinds of factors, like paying for gas and such.
So, how much of your money do you donate to the poor?? I've often wondered if those who "preach" to us about the poor, global warming, use of resources, etc, etc, actually give, conserve, etc. Not many, I think. Talk is cheap! At the big "global warming get-to-gether" in Brazil a few years ago, they still enjoyed their air conditioning and limosines!
Anonymous,
Have you read much of my blog? Because I think if you did, you'd see that we are trying to help the world in small ways, which I believe are the ways we can help. And small things are sometimes more effective than big ones. Conserve? Yes! We're looking at more and different ways of conserving and lightening our footstep on this world. Paul walks to work, almost always. We try to only drive if we're bringing big carloads of stuff back, and we live close to the businesses we frequent. We don't buy stuff that was made in China, and try not to buy stuff made in any country where the workers are not paid fairly. We are trying in big and small ways, in ways that are a sacrifice for us, to change the way this world works.
We used to bring dinner to the homeless folks who panhandled on our corner. Now we don't have homeless on our corner, but we look for other ways to lessen the pain and suffering in this world.
I will be honest with you. It also frustrates me that organizations that I see as very progressive are not doing everything they can in the details. We attended the Amnesty International conference here in Portland, and while I highly admire the work that group is doing, the conference was held in the Hilton. I don't think that's really compatible with the values of the organization. But part of the problem is that they need a large space to meet in. Where else can they do that besides a large hotel?
Lastly, what are you doing? And, as you can see, I've disabled anonymous comments, because even though I've been able to answer your question honestly, I believe your question was really more of an attack and I'm getting tired of those. The attacks usually come from anonymous posters, and so I am solving THAT problem.
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