Billion-pound Queen, Million-dollar presidential runners amid poverty, austerity

UK Diamond Jubilee, U.S. Presidential Money Chase

Excerpting, editing by Carolyn Bennett

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

UK homeless

UK's youth homeless

In the United Kingdom, monarchical celebrations of the Queen’s 60th year as Monarch carry extremely high costs as her subjects ( U.S. presidential candidates throw millions at election 2012) suffer austerity, poverty, unemployment, war making and discontent.

Some say the UK Queen’s bash may cost as much as 3 billion pounds (3,000,000,000 GBP = roughly 4,637,700,000 USD).

Waste amid Want

British Commonwealth
Australia's homeless

British Commonwealth
Australia's homeless

British Commonwealth
Canada's homeless

British Commonwealth

U.S. Dollars Race for White House 


amid Want

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U.S. presidential candidates have raised and spent millions of dollars in the 2012 campaign. OpenSecrets.org highlights how White House hopefuls stack up in the money chase.

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USA!

Homeless in 
United States of America

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Waste amid Want

Candidate	Total Raised	Apr 2012 Raised	Spent	Debts	Cash on Hand	% From Small Indivs	End Date
Barack Obama (D)	$217,052,304	$25,380,444	$104,198,269	$1,200	$115,157,433	44%	Apr 30, 2012
Randall Terry (D)	$163,367	$0	$158,031	$9,200	$5,337	40%	Mar 31, 2012
Buddy Roemer (I)	$678,128	$-21,754	$563,632	$0	$114,495	82%	Apr 30, 2012
Gary Johnson (L)	$807,273	$59,448	$797,374	$150,181	$9,899	30%	Apr 30, 2012
Mitt Romney (R)	$97,963,836	$11,332,456	$88,765,540	$0	$9,211,335	12%	Apr 30, 2012
Ron Paul (R)	$38,733,202	$1,981,498	$36,268,205	$0	$2,464,997	44%	Apr 30, 2012
Newt Gingrich (R)	$23,131,362	$750,581	$22,324,411	$4,777,006	$806,951	47%	Apr 30, 2012
Rick Santorum (R)	$21,812,492	$1,227,060	$20,805,171	$2,275,458	$1,007,322	50%	Apr 30, 2012
Rick Perry (R)	$19,704,786	$-61,749	$19,287,579	$14,464	$417,207	5%	Apr 30, 2012
Herman Cain (R)	$16,672,939	$0	$16,631,078	$450,000	$41,861	54%	Mar 31, 2012
Michele Bachmann (R)	$9,244,228	$0	$8,885,504	$1,055,924	$358,725	52%	Dec 31, 2011
Jon Huntsman (R)	$7,835,277	$0	$7,788,171	$5,469,145	$47,107	6%	Mar 31, 2012
Tim Pawlenty (R)	$5,151,118	$0	$5,151,118	$0	$0	11%	Mar 31, 2012
Thad McCotter (R)	$547,389	$0	$540,315	$105,367	$7,074	8%	Sep 30, 2011
Fred Karger (R)	$538,184	$28,382	$529,231	$0	$8,954	5%	Apr 30, 2012

Sources and notes

“Queen’s Diamond festivity at the time of austerity” (peg Friday’s “Comment with George Galloway”) at Press TV June 8, 2012, http://www.presstv.ir/Program/245204.html

Report ending April 30, 2012, "2012 Presidential Candidate Fundraising Summary," OpenSecrets.org

The Center for Responsive Politicshttp://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/index.php?ql3

Images

UK homeless

guardian.co.uk, 460 × 276 - Homeless people sleeping on the streets of London

cypnow.co.uk, Homeless. An estimated 100000 children in the UK become runaways each year

Canada (Commonwealth) homeless

Homelessness "chronic" in Canada CBC, canada.com

New report on women and poverty in Canada paints a dire picture

Australia (Commonwealth) homeless

youth‑homelessness‑in‑australia‑495.jpg

badboyso.ipower.com

YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTRALIA

Homeless‑man.jpg, danheller.com

images/Australia/Sydney/P

United States homeless

voicesforinclusion.org, How can we consider the United States to be the richest nation...

homeless‑america_253631.jpg

demotix.com, Images of homeless people in the United States of America.

news.xinhuanet.com, A homeless man cadges on a street of Manhattan, New York, the United States

“Poverty And Wealth Computer Keys Showing Rich Versus Poor”… colourbox.com

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