Comments on: Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/ Flash Platform Geek Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:31:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mario http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-19469 Mario Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:26:16 +0000 http://www.peterelst.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-19469 Well, I'm from Mexico and I can tell you that there a lot people, heads of a family, earning 55 pesos ( around 4.5 USD ) for an entirely work day, 8 hours to be specific. I don't know how they manage to feed an entire family of at least 3 or 4 members. And if things were not bad already, this financial crisis is going to make it even worst, specially for latin american economies, were politicians don't give a penny about people , as long as they keep on filling their pockets with BIG amounts of money (some of them, well a lot, earn about 20K USD per month for doing nothing). Just to mention an example, one of our politicians, who is the leader of the Education Workers Union, just gave away 50 hummers to her friends ( antoher corrupt leaders of the union), how on earth a person working for the gov. can afford that. Anyway, things are very bad. Well, I’m from Mexico and I can tell you that there a lot people, heads of a family, earning 55 pesos ( around 4.5 USD ) for an entirely work day, 8 hours to be specific. I don’t know how they manage to feed an entire family of at least 3 or 4 members.

And if things were not bad already, this financial crisis is going to make it even worst, specially for latin american economies, were politicians don’t give a penny about people , as long as they keep on filling their pockets with BIG amounts of money (some of them, well a lot, earn about 20K USD per month for doing nothing). Just to mention an example, one of our politicians, who is the leader of the Education Workers Union, just gave away 50 hummers to her friends ( antoher corrupt leaders of the union), how on earth a person working for the gov. can afford that.

Anyway, things are very bad.

]]> By: Nate Chatellier http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-19466 Nate Chatellier Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:36:03 +0000 http://www.peterelst.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-19466 Thanks Peter Thanks Peter

]]> By: Kristof http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-19465 Kristof Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:22:50 +0000 http://www.peterelst.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-19465 In the UK, 1% of the population holds 20% of the total wealth. In the US, 1% of the population holds 33% of the total wealth. Worldwide, 1% of the population holds 40% of the wealth. Worldwide, the bottom 50% of the population only holds 1% of the wealth. (http://tinyurl.com/4dmmcc) The population of Colombia appears to be the poorest where they have to work 97 minutes to earn enough to eat 1 Big Mac, according to a variant of the BMI (Big Mac Index). Bogotá, Colombia - 97 minutes Nairobi, Kenya - 91 minutes Jakarta, Indonesia - 86 minutes Lima, Peru - 86 minutes Caracas, Venezuela - 85 minutes Mexico City, Mexico - 82 minutes Manila, Philippines - 81 minutes Mumbai, India - 70 minutes Sofia, Bulgaria - 69 minutes Bucharest, Romania - 69 minutes In the UK, 1% of the population holds 20% of the total wealth.
In the US, 1% of the population holds 33% of the total wealth.

Worldwide, 1% of the population holds 40% of the wealth.
Worldwide, the bottom 50% of the population only holds 1% of the wealth.

(http://tinyurl.com/4dmmcc)

The population of Colombia appears to be the poorest where they have to work 97 minutes to earn enough to eat 1 Big Mac, according to a variant of the BMI (Big Mac Index).

Bogotá, Colombia – 97 minutes
Nairobi, Kenya – 91 minutes
Jakarta, Indonesia – 86 minutes
Lima, Peru – 86 minutes
Caracas, Venezuela – 85 minutes
Mexico City, Mexico – 82 minutes
Manila, Philippines – 81 minutes
Mumbai, India – 70 minutes
Sofia, Bulgaria – 69 minutes
Bucharest, Romania – 69 minutes

]]> By: peterelst (Peter Elst) http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-20496 peterelst (Peter Elst) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 21:59:59 +0000 http://www.peterelst.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-20496 just blogged "Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty" -- http://tinyurl.com/4z8u6j just blogged “Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty” — http://tinyurl.com/4z8u6j

]]> By: peterelst (Peter Elst) http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-2008-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-20497 peterelst (Peter Elst) Wed, 31 Dec 1969 21:59:59 +0000 http://www.peterelst.com/blog/?p=1130#comment-20497 just blogged "Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty" -- http://tinyurl.com/4z8u6j just blogged “Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty” — http://tinyurl.com/4z8u6j

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