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14 billion trees require 14 billion $ (UN - 1 $ a tree) <br> | 14 billion trees require 14 billion $ (UN - 1 $ a tree) <br> | ||
Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion | |||
Where can the money come from?? | |||
Adult Entertainment: Worldwide Industry size: $97 Billion (2006, Internet Filter Review) | |||
China: 28% ($27B). South Korea: 27% ($26B), Japan: 21% ($20B), USA: 14% ($13.6B) | |||
Current USA rate of porn tax is 18.75 to 25% | |||
Usa at 13.5B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $675 million | |||
Japan at $20B at 5% increase in tax of revenue = $1 billion | |||
$34 billion leads to $1.7 billion for Japan and US at 5% | |||
Decriminalise Marijuana: Source: Column Five Media via the heralddaily Oct, 2009 (ALL USA STATS) | |||
1 person is arrested for marijuana every 38 seconds | |||
49.8% of all drug related arrests are for marijuana | |||
In 2007-2008, over 1.7M arrests made for marijuana | |||
Tax-payers dollars spend to prosecute marijuana offenders: $12 billion | |||
$12 billion includes: The societal costs of propagandizing against marijuana and marijuana law reform, funding anti-marijuana research, interdicting marijuana, eradicating domestically grown marijuana and industrial hemp, law enforcement, prosecuting and incarcerating marijuana smokers | |||
-Cost to incarcerate for 1 year: $23,876 (2009 DOJ) | |||
-Black market revenue of marijuana alone is estimated at $141.8 billion (approx 50% of all illegal drug revenue) (source: havocscope, a database of black-markets)...reference: cocaine is $70 billion | |||
-Legalising and adding tax is another option which can add approx. $2.2 and $6.4 billion per year (USA alone) (source: The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition ) | |||
Population of BOP (below poverty line) = (32.6% of total population) = 2.3 billion <br> | Population of BOP (below poverty line) = (32.6% of total population) = 2.3 billion <br> | ||