Quote reblogged from axiom|echo
Hosting this year’s G8 summit reportedly cost Canada a fortune, despite the absence of any significant results. The estimated cost of hosting the G8 leaders for a day and a half, followed by the G20 leaders for a day and a half, reportedly came to more than $1bn. This is essentially the same amount that the G8 leaders pledged to give each year to the world’s poorest countries to support maternal and child health.
It is absurd and troubling to spend $1bn on three days of meetings under any circumstances (since there are much cheaper ways to have such meetings and much better uses for the money). But it is tragic to spend so much money and then accomplish next to nothing in terms of concrete results and honest accountability.
Jeffrey Sachs (via impolitical) (via abcsoupdot)
Our Leaders, Gettin’ Shit Done™ since Way Back, yo.
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Source: abcsoupdot
