http://wrathfuldove.org An e-Rant about Politics, Religion, Software, etc. Sat, 08 May 2010 03:19:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 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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