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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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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