Spending priorities

Consider the global imbalance of these spending priorities:

Basic education for every student in the world     6 Billion dollars
Amount spent on cosmetics in the United States 8 Billion dollars

Water and sanitation for everyone in the world     9 Billion dollars
The amount spent on ice cream in Europe         11 Billion dollars

Reproductive health for all women worldwide      12 Billion dollars
Perfumes sold in Europe and the United States  12 Billion dollars

Basic health and nutrition for the world                13 Billion dollars
Pet foods in Europe and the United States          17 Billion dollars

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