Flowings of Your Everlasting Taffyman

"hello everyone, i realize that some of you have no idea who i am but my name is james ha--ar and this is important, or i think it is. i am in barcelona at an internet cafe. 5 minutes ago i was in a hostel reading a book and i came across an article that absolutely made my jaw drop, i am going to write it out here, please take the time to read it and respond if you can, especially the 2nd paragraph.

Terror, Love, and the State of the World¨ by John Robbins.....I took it from the book Another World is Possible, the 2nd edition.

To advance human security and control terrorism, we must not only find the brutality of the September 11th attacks to be totally intolerable. We must also find intolerable that one billion people worldwide struggle to survive on $1 a day, that more than one billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and that 3 billion people have inadequete access to sanitation... If we are serious about stopping terrorism, then our goal must be to reduce the level of pollution, fear and poverty in the world.
THis goal is too costly, many say. BUt this is not true. The cost of our initial military response (james´note to 911 attacks) will easily top $100 billion (on top of our already enormous annual defense budget of $342 billion). What could we accomplish if we spent even a fraction of that much on programs to allieviate human suffering? In 1998, the United Nations Development Program estimated that it would cost an additional $9 billion (above current expenditures) to provide clean drinking water and sanitation for everyone on earth. It would cost an additional $12 billion, they said, to cover reproductive health services for all women worldwide. ANother $13 billion would be enough not only to give every person on Earth enough food to eat but also basic health care. AN additional $6 billion could provide basic education for all.
THese are large numbers, but combined they add up to $40 billion -- only one fifth as much as the $200 billion the U.S. government agreed in October 2001 to pay Lockheed to build new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Jets.
there ends the article.
So i have questions, these numbers could be wrong of course, but lets say its 100 billion instead of 40 billion. also assuming that the technoligies this money put in place (wells, purifiers, all kinds of infrastucture, technoligies and medical supplies) are one time deals, and would be subject to decay, they could break and need mmore to fix, and things like needles and condoms cant be reused. besides all that. besides upkeep besides the nightmare of a logistics job it would be, whats wrong with the idea that it can be done in our lifetimes? sure it would cost a ton, but so do fighter jets, and even if you believe that we need all the military stuff we have or even more military stuff, the UN said 40 bil, the people that are in charge of that kind of stuff, the UN, said that for 40 bilion dollars we could feed, give water and bathrooms too, give medical supplies to, give birth control to, and give a basic education (im assuming how to read and write in their own language and basic math ) TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. i am greedy too, i want the best for myself and my family and my friends too, i dont like taxes either, but think about it, we spent 200 billion for those planes, sure we might need em, but is 40-100 billion too much to ask for the entire world? if it is then why, please write back and tell me why, if it isnt, then whats the problem? if these numbers are wrong, or i am not accounting something, or if there are other factors someone please tell me, but imagine the possiblities. i would like to do a lot with my life as i am sure you all would, but if our country could do all that wouldnt that be just as good as anything you ever imagined? `please write back, please and tell me why i am right or wrong and what can be done. im not talking about a way to get congress to do this, im just talking about the idea and what you the reader think its worth. and send it out too if you want or think you can, thanks for your time, i really do appreciate it very much, peace and love -james ha--ar. "

The only thing i told him, about this was when i was in tanzania a bit ago (not this trip) we went to a school that had purified water (thats for drinking, bathing, doing dishes) for the entire school. The school was a private school, but it had about 300 girls plus staff, and the coolest thing was that the purified water came from a well that used solar energy to heat it. So it was all self contained within about a 8x8 foot space (thats a max amount) anyway. The parts and plumming for this system only cost a few hundred dollars(non wholesale price), and kept everyone healthy. small example, but if every village had the same system....

My big worry is over population which is a shit worry but, then u are talking about genetically engineered foods (to feed the people) and such. It would be a strange new world no? Why cant the US army take a month's worth of man power and technology and supplies to say, turn back a few feet of sahara desert every year. Why cant we replace every tree we cut down in the forests. Cuz were lazy. Cuz we never thought about actually trying it...