Billionaires - Blog Posts
I’ve found that a lot of people, including myself, have trouble visualizing exactly how much a billion dollars is-- this is a very helpful source that not only effectively shows the vast scale of billionaires’ wealth, but explains what we could potentially do with that much money. (I don’t own the site, all credit goes to Matt Korostoff: https://mkorostoff.github.io/)
When we begin eating the rich, Bernie says start with Elon Musk
716 billion dollars. Seven hundred sixteen billion U.S. dollars.
One billion is equal to a thousand millions. This is seven hundred sixteen billion. This is an insane amount of money.
Think of the millions of human beings on this planet who don’t have homes, who don’t have jobs, who wonder whether they’re going to be able to afford to eat tomorrow. Then think about the seven hundred sixteen billion dollars that we spent on the military. Just in 2019.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0053_defense-comparison
This ^ source says it was 732 billion dollars from October 2018 to September 2019. I’m sure you could find different sources listing 705 billion, or 720 billion. The exact number does not matter. The fact is that there are people dying of hunger while this unfathomable amount of money goes to the military.
https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
This ^ source isn’t related to the military budget or other government spending, but I found it to be useful in helping to understand exactly how much a billion is. We could help so many people with 716 billion dollars.
it is very immoral to have that much money and not use it to stop people from dying of hunger and preventable disease
Damn I know it's wrong to murder a man, but this guy gets a pass.
