Grant Montgomery Grants Rants on Global Spending Priorities

Grant Montgomery – Grant’s Rants on

International Aid and Our Global Responsibility

Global spending priorities

Americans are very generous when it comes to donating time or money to charity.

Having said that, by far the vast majority of Americans make their donations in their own back yard.

Less than 2% of all U.S. charity --just 2 cents on the dollar-- goes overseas.

--Grant Montgomery, co-founder of Dulzura (San Diego County) California-based Family Care Foundation (FCF)

Consider this global imbalance in spending priorities:

       [All amounts expressed in $U.S. Billions]

Basic education for everyone in the world - 6
Spent on cosmetics in the United States -   8

Water and sanitation for everyone in the world - 9
The amount spent on ice cream in Europe -      11

Reproductive health for all women in the world -12
Perfumes in Europe and the United States -      12

Basic health and nutrition for the world -       13
Pet foods in Europe and the United States -17

Grant Montgomery – Grant’s Rants on International Aid and Our Global Responsibility