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Social Justice
Sep. 2nd, 2004 06:43 amLast night at my Toastmasters Club one of the speakers promised to give us seven numbers that we would be able to remember, not only until today, but for a lifetime.
The numbers were:
18,800
4
13
½
2
1.3 billion
1
Their explanation follows:
$18,800 is the poverty level. Anyone earning less that that in the United States, with a family of four is living in poverty, and each of the family members must survive on $13 per day.
One half of the world's population earns less than $2 per day. 1.3 billion people on this planet must survive on about $1 per day.
Where do we begin?
The numbers were:
18,800
4
13
½
2
1.3 billion
1
Their explanation follows:
$18,800 is the poverty level. Anyone earning less that that in the United States, with a family of four is living in poverty, and each of the family members must survive on $13 per day.
One half of the world's population earns less than $2 per day. 1.3 billion people on this planet must survive on about $1 per day.
Where do we begin?
