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AZBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-19-07 11:23 PM
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WOW! Have you seen The Miniature Earth? How rich are you?
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If you're reading this, you're pretty rich!!

http://www.miniature-earth.com/


  • 43 live without basic sanitation
  • 18 live without an improved water source
  • 6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community
  • 13 are malnourished or hungry
  • 14 can't read
  • only 7 are educated at a secondary level
  • only 12 have a computer
  • only 3 have an internet connection
  • the village spends more than US$1.12 trillion on military expenditures and only US$100 billion on development aid
  • if you keep your food in a refrigerator, your clothes in a closet, if you have a bed to sleep in, and a roof over your head you are richer than 75% of the entire world population
  • if you have a bank account you're one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world
  • 18 struggle to live on US$1.00 per day or less
  • 53 struggle to live on US$2.00 per day or less
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