This is correct. A few years ago, I asked a question on Facebook: what percentage of our federal budget goes to help those living in extreme poverty around the world. 1/https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/958533494304641025 …
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Extreme poverty was defined at the time as living on $1 per day. Imagine that: trying to meet all of your needs on $1 per day. Food, clothing, housing. 2/
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Those who answered my question were way off. One person thought we spent 30% of our federal budget on aid to those living in extreme poverty! The answers revealed both a lack of understanding of what we do when we help others and how much we spend on it. 3/
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The correct answer at the time: less than 1% of our budget was being spent on relieving global extreme poverty. The 1 part of that answer is part of the basis of the ONE campaign, something I’ve been a supporter of for years. 4/
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The ONE campaign is a worldwide effort led by Bono and other celebrity philanthropists. The purpose of the campaign is to get the 8 countries with the highest GDPs to increase their spending on global extreme poverty to 1% of their budgets. Think about that. 5/
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Think about the suffering we could relieve around the world with this simple act. What if, instead of demonizing the poor, we lifted them up. What kind is changers would we see? 6/
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So, no, Mr. President. We don’t do that. We could make a real change in real people’s lives. We could relieve extreme suffering. Maybe with new leadership we will. End/
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Yes, I do remember living off a $1 a day with booboo.
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