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Athene in Mali, West Africa
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Comment by The Shiznit on August 29, 2012 at 5:08pm -
The United Nations' World Food Programme's web-page on Mali -
http://www.wfp.org/countries/mali
A profound perspective:
Although that $30 Billion estimate is several years old and the actual cost today is estimated {on the high end} to be around $200 Billion, that is still less than 1/3 of what the U.S. alone spends on "Defense" -- so the fact remains that world hunger COULD be eliminated if we all really wanted to do it. There is no "shortage" of food. We have enough resources. The only REAL challenges regard distribution, and our willingness to change the way we think.
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Comment by March E. on August 31, 2012 at 4:13am -
30billion every 8 days is a ton of money and it's being used on perpetuating violence. That is pretty sad. Thanks for sharing this vid Shiznit :D
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