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To: Olog-hai

Barack Obama has 10,000 times the wealth of the poorest half of his relatives.


21 posted on 01/21/2014 1:01:30 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (The only thing that can save us is if Kerry wins the Nobel prize and leaves us alone.--Moshe Yaalon)
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To: Dr. Sivana

“Barack Obama has 10,000 times the wealth of the poorest half of his relatives.” Yes, and Kobe Bryant makes ~35,407 times the average annual per capita income in Kenya, where average life expectancy is ~57-60 years. Reportedly, a significant portion of the Kenyan population of ~43 million make ≤ 1 dollar a day. So Kobe’s >30 million/year salary could increase the income of 300,000 of these poor people by 100 times. All of this is true, but what do these statistics mean? What are the causes of poverty, and what are the solutions? Is poverty measured by money, how many square ft. your living space is - if you have living space? Is it measured by whether you have indoor plumbing? etc. etc. The world has tons of hurts and injustices in it, but personally I haven’t seen anything that works better than a free marked capitalist approach combined with societal embracing of spirituality and charity for those in need.


29 posted on 01/21/2014 3:38:47 AM PST by pieceofthepuzzle
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