We'd better do something about this....

Recently some numbers have been tossed around in the news that have caught my attention.  I see that we are sending an additional 1.5 billion dollars to Egypt for defense.  President Obama is raising nearly 100 million dollars a month for his reelection.  I don't know how many millions the republicans and their super pacs have raised, but it is up their as well.  We spend over 960 billion dollars a year on defense.  The top 10 reciepients of US foreign aid get roughly 15 billion dollars.  The average compensation for a CEO in the S&P 500 is 12 million dollars a year.  Drew Brees feels disrespected because he will only earn 14 million under the franchaise tag.  Albert Pujols will make over $22,000 per plate apperance this season.  It goes up each succeeding season.  Simon Cowell will make 90 million.  So will Lady Gaga.  Lottery jackpots are regularly over $100 million.

Nearly 49 million Americans are hungry.  That is 1 in 6.  It's 1 in 5 for children. 4 million of the 49 million live above the poverty line.  50 million people don't have health insurance.  There are over one and a half million people in prisions in the US.  Our infrastructure is falling apart.  It will take over $2 billion to fix it.  Proposed spending cuts to education from the federal government of 20% are on the table.  College tuition at public institutions has gone up over 130% in the past 20 years.  Average income, over the past 20 years, adjusted for inflation, has gone down $400 per year.  The average college graduate has over $25,000 of debt at graduation.  More for grad school. 17 million college graduates work in jobs which require less than skill levels associated with a bachlor degree.  There are 12.8 unemployed in the US.  Who knows how many have stopped looking, or are underemployed.  The middle class is disappearing.  The share of middle income jobs in the US has declined from 52% in 1980 to 42% in 2010.  They have been replaced by low income jobs, which now make up 41% of the jobs.

I you draw your own conclusions from these numbers that are being tossed around.  Think about how you're doing.  How your kids and grand kids will do.  Here's an easy way to help out with childhood hunger-------www.childhungerendshere.com---just follow the link and if you happen to have a product they'll donate a meal.  Painless, and it'll make you feel good.