Originally Posted by Cloud No.9
the situation in africa is where 30,000 children today will starve to death. that's out of 50,000 people a day starving to death. that's one child every 3 seconds.
the amount to save these people? half a sticj of gum per rich westerner per day. a few pennies.
what would that pay for? all debt wiped clean, a doubling in aid, a dropping of trade tarrifs, an end to us and eu subsidies. that was the goals set out by the africa commissions (and live 8 which the big 8 ignored).