30,000

Each day somewhere around 30,000 people die of starvation or starvation related disease. In an attempt to fathom that number I made 30,000 tally marks. It took over 12 hours of writing to make the 30,000 marks. To think that that many people die everyday because they do not have enough food is awful. To make matters worse according to the UN all that is needed to stop that death is 7 billion dollars a year, or what citizens in the European Union collectively spend on Tobacco and Alcohol each year.

However, what I want to try and wrap my head around, is how the population of the Earth continues to grow so greatly when those that are already here can not be supported. Might it be better for someone to ensure that the babies that were born yesterday are able to survive before they go about making some of their own?

Making matters worse, the United States defense budget is 663.8 billion. Almost enough to end starvation for 10 years. We as tax payers should be up in arms about this. Even a 10% cut in the budget would provide greatly for these people. Just a little food for thought.