America & Europe spend over $17 billion a year on pet food, but the whole world only spends $4.7 billion a year to fight AIDS.
SOURCE: The World Bank
I got this from DATA. I wonder how much we spend on CDs, DVDs, junk food and other essentials of life. Perspective time!
Posted by Tim at January 13, 2004 09:16 PMI don't think we could count the billions spent on CDs, DVDs, and the rest. But here's another perspective point: The pornography industry generates about $10 billion in revenue annually.
Posted by: Bill Wallo at January 13, 2004 09:55 PMIt is our money. Ours, and nobody else's.
That's all the perspective I need.
Posted by: Sorge at January 22, 2004 04:22 AM
