Just the Facts

Human Rights Actually Are Quite a Bargain

Makeup and perfume: $33 billion
Pet food in Europe and the United States: $17 billion
Ocean cruises: $14 billion
Furs in U.S.: $1.8 billion
Ice cream in U.S.: $21 billion

3 million units of affordable housing

OR 17 million 4-year scholarships to public universities

OR health care for 216 million children

OR 6 million public school teachers

And There's That Gap

Average net worth of the bottom 40 percent of wage earners: $1,900

Where Could We Find an Extra $56 Billion?

Health care for 16 million people

OR 58 million homes with renewable electricity

OR 188, 000 elementary school teachers