War of the Worlds: Rich vs Poor<\/p>\n
brought to you by corrupt politicians or
\nit was never about “keeping up with the Joneses”
\nit was about BECOMING the Joneses<\/p>\n
billionaires worldwide increased in 2006 to 793
\nlargely due to bullish global stock markets
\nTOTAL NET WORTH JUMPED to $2.6 trillion.<\/p>\n
3.0 billion live on less than two dollars per day
\nglobal population of over 6.0 billion people (April 2001)
\nILO – 2005 – of the more than 2.8 billion workers
\n1.4 billion below US $1 a day poverty line
\njust as many as 10 years ago – or
\nNO JUMP IN NET WORTH<\/p>\n
THAT is not counting the jobless<\/p>\n
Over one billion people on the planet lack adequate housing,
\nwhile around 100 million have no housing whatsoever.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that about 8 million people die
\neach year because they are too poor to survive.<\/p>\n
The needle is in the haystack
\ngrowing ever smaller
\nwill soon take a microscopic Camel
\nto fit thru the eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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