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“It’s extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can’t find $25 billion dollars to saved 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.”
– Bono
Source: Prospect.org
Fuller source: Reuters
Yeah…I don't think anyone has "found" that money yet. They may just have to print it. Or ask each one of us taxpayers for a check.
But Bono may want to check his math. $25 billion for 25,000 children works out to $1 million per child. Can I get in on that action?
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Actually, the numbers are right – 25,000 who die per day.
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actually some aid organisations say that it is more like 35,000 people under 18 die everyday in developing countries….
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