Wealth and Stewardship Facts
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The Facts
Worldwide
- Three decades ago, the people in well-to-do countries were 30 times better off than those in countries where the poorest 20% of the world’s people live. By 1998, this gap had widened to 82 times. – www.globalrichlist.com
- According to the Global Forum for Health Research, less than 10% of the world’s health research budget is spent on combating conditions that account for 90% of the global burden of disease. www.globalforumhealth.org
In America
- America spends 450,000,000 billion dollars on Christmas each year. Research shows that it would take an estimated 10,000,000 billion dollars to solve the world’s water problems. - www.adventconspiracy.org
- The Facebook page of the Save Darfur Coalition has 1,282,339 members, who have donated an average of nine cents apiece. – www.genocideintervention.net
- According to Bankrate, a $1,000 charge on an average credit card will take almost 22 years to pay, and will cost more than $2,300 in interest – $3,300 total – if only 2% minimum payments are made. – www.thedailygreen.com
- American kids between the ages of 12 and 19 now spend about $179 billion annually. That translates into more than $100 per teen per week. – www.thedailygreen.com
- It would cost about $13 billion annually to satisfy the world’s basic sanitation and food requirements. That’s roughly equivalent to what Americans and Europeans spend on perfume and cologne every year. – www.thedailygreen.com
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