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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 10:42 AM
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Walmart is donating $600,000 to Haitian Relief. The Walton family is worth $82 billion.
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http://www.waltoninfluence.com/influence/news-archive/arkansas_business_25_wealthiest_arkansans_25th_anniversary/


The Waltons could donate $600,000 every single day for the next year (that's about $200 million), and their worth would drop to $81.8 billion dollars.

The Waltons could donate $6 million every day for the next year (that's about $2 billion), and their worth would drop to $79.8 billion.

The Walton family income is about $1 billion per year. The Waltons spent at least $3.2 million lobbying for a lower tax rate.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2005-04-05-waltons-usat_x.htm

Bank of America is donating $1 million to Haitian relief. Bank of America paid its CEO Kenneth Lewis $20 million in 2008, including a $5 million bonus.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/business/04pay.html

The average income in Haiti is $50- $300 a year.

http://www.usaid.gov/stories/haiti/ss_haiti_education.html

The Haitian government is estimated to owe $1.8 billion on foreign debt.

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/01/19/paris-club-haiti-lending.html
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