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Cure Millions of Leprosy -- or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break?

Matt Bivens | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polio, Vaccinations, Financial Bailout, Executive Compensation, Leprosy, Polio Vaccine, Guinea-Worms, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Matt Bivens

$300 million could eradicate smallpox, history's greatest killer of humans -- yet the same sum wouldn't cover the bonus pool for the executives of the insurance company AIG after its great meltdown.

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And Now for the Great News from Africa

Johann Hari | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Worms, Ghana, Ethiopia, Guinea Worms, Robert Mugabe, Politics News
Johann Hari

Our governments are very good at building Weapons of Destruction -- but for a fraction of the cash they could unleash Weapons of Mass Salvation, eradicating disease after disease.

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