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Richard Haut millennium club Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 1137 Location: Nice, France	Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:25 pm    Post subject: the poorest children in the West a third of all children living below the poverty line; child poverty has risen 50% since 1988; households trying to live on US$ 395 a month. Where is this ? Israel. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3124397,00.html _________________ Richard Haut has worked with the architectural profession for over 25 years and produces the weekly Richard Haut's Competitions, which has given architects details of many thousands of projects for which they can apply across Britain and Europe.
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SDR millennium club Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 1712 Location: San Francisco	Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:50 pm    Post subject: "The West" -- I suppose that is where we place that most Eastern of America's (and Europe's?) allies. Is the bulk of America's (and Europe's?) financial aid to Israel, used for armaments? SDR _________________ "I'm the commander . . . see, I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation." GWB
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Richard Haut millennium club Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 1137 Location: Nice, France	Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:26 pm    Post subject: I think that Israel is generally considered to be a "Western" nation - whatever that means. However I was very surprised at the figures. Israel gets - what is it ? 3 billion dollars a year from the US ? More ? I can only assume that you are right and that vast amounts are spent on armaments. Israel's population is 6.9 million, of whom 5.2 million are Jewish, so with an extra 3 billion dollars or more a year feeding the children should not be a problem. It does give a different slant to what is happening. _________________ Richard Haut has worked with the architectural profession for over 25 years and produces the weekly Richard Haut's Competitions, which has given architects details of many thousands of projects for which they can apply across Britain and Europe.
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