The Situation on Earth

[Starport]

The Situation on Earth
1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union;

In a 1970 UN Resolution, most industrialised nations committed themselves to tackling global poverty by spending 0.7 percent of their national incomes on international aid by 1975.The largest donors were the United States (US$24 billion), Japan (US$18 billion), the United Kingdom (US$13 billion), Germany and France
Only Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Denmark regularly meet his target


Recent US spending on war $944 billion

$706 billion for Iraq (69%);
$300 billion for Afghanistan (28%);
$29 billion for enhanced security (3%); and
$5 billion unallocated DOD costs (1%).

[Delenda Carthago]

is this a struggle?

[The Vegan Marxist]

is this a struggle?

Well, when put under the conditions that those in third world countries, I would say it's an ongoing struggle. But, under first world countries, this is merely a problem that they allow to continue.

[Delenda Carthago]

Well, when put under the conditions that those in third world countries, I would say it's an ongoing struggle. But, under first world countries, this is merely a problem that they allow to continue.
its a problem,not a struggle.

[Ocean Seal]

its a problem,not a struggle.
Its a struggle against a problem. The fact that there are people starving and we can't redistribute food toward them shows us that we are indeed in a struggle in our governments that do not care for the poor.

[GrungeGestapo]

It is no surprise to me that the US thinks war is more important than international poverty, which I have learned is a much more serious problem after reading this thread. To the US, taking lives is more important than saving them.