The Annual Amount Needed to End World Hunger:
$30 Billion
(Source FAO)
$130 Billion: U.S. War Spending
(Source DoD)
$530 Billion: U.S. Military Budget
The cost of ending world hunger is suprisingly low compared to U.S. Defense spending. While U.S. foreign policy has become increasingly war focused, the United States could end world hunger and still have by far the largest military budget in the world.
Links
FAO - "World Needs $30 Billion to Eradcate Hunger"
UN Millennium Project - "Investing in Development"
Washington Post - "A Practical Plan to End Poverty"
