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Social Justice
Last 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?
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