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Why The World Should Subsist On Less Than US

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An estimated three billion of the world’s population subsists on less than U.S. $2 per day, and I unfortunately am part of that statistic. On average, I make less than 2 dollars a day which roughly equates to approximately 700 dollars annually. This means that I cannot afford a house, a car, or any of those luxuries. On a regular day, I would wake up and find some work, most of the time I pick up cans and take them to a recycling center for a miniscule amount of money. After that, I look through the trash cans in order to find resources that people throw away carelessly. I also do subsistence farming to provide food for me and my family. Finally, after a hard day’s worth of work, me and my family look for a safe place to stay for the night,
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