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 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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We'd see people being educated, for starters. Not just that fancy book-learnin' either! Farmers could learn better ways to grow food. Internet access might open doors to people in ways we've never seen before. I didn't think of it, before--but
#ONEMatch fits pretty well, too!
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