http://wrathfuldove.org An e-Rant about Politics, Religion, Software, etc. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:22:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://wrathfuldove.org/2010/01/18/putting-us-aid-to-haiti-in-perspective/ http://wrathfuldove.org/2010/01/18/putting-us-aid-to-haiti-in-perspective/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:15:55 +0000 John http://wrathfuldove.org/?p=197

• $100 million – The amount of aid pledged by Obama to help save lives and rebuild Haiti
• $150 million – The amount spent on Obama’s Inaugural Ball
• $2 million PER DAY – The cost of operating the US aircraft carrier that Obama sent to Haiti nearly a week ago
• $7 million PER DAY - The amount of military aid given to Israel by the US during Fiscal Year 2009
• $280+ million PER DAY – The cost of fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far
• Less than $2 per day – Until the recent tragedy, the amount of money paid to tens of thousands of Hatians working in sweatshops run by US based corporations like Disney

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