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Rather, the question is how
billions
of at-risk people and businesses can rapidly adapt and ensure their communities are as resilient as possible.
Despite massive increases in aid dollars in recent years, including
billions
authorized by former President Barack Obama, those of us on the ground are largely cut out of the delivery process.
For seven years the G8 and the IMF shipped
billions
of dollars to Russia and Western banks surged into Moscow.
Will the US let them stay and continue to send the
billions
in remittances?
(No one mentions in this bargain, that the United States has already spent
billions
to secure ouitsr borders and nonetheless some 500,000 illegal immigrants a year continue to come, but that’s another story.)
Tens of
billions
of chickens produced today never go outdoors.
Before aircraft manufacturers can produce and sell a new airplane model, they must spend
billions
of dollars over a decade or more of development – costs that must later be recouped.
What is required is a debate with the US, for the strong dollar has led to an anomalous situation: the world's richest country seems unable to live within its means and must continually borrow hundreds of
billions
of dollars from abroad to finance its huge trade deficits.
We do not begrudge Bill Gates or Warren Buffett their billions, even if some of their rivals have suffered along the way, presumably because they and their competitors operate according to the same ground rules and face pretty much the same opportunities and obstacles.
But we are about to diminish biodiversity, over-extract water, make food more expensive, and waste hundreds of
billions
of dollars – all while cutting down trees to burn them and potentially increasing CO2 emissions.
For example, Germany spends
billions
of euros every year on green-energy subsidies.
For countries, mosquito-borne diseases cost millions – even
billions
– of dollars each year.
And yet, despite the
billions
of dollars and all the hopes poured into it, we have no new treatments for patients with addictions.
During his visit, Trump emphasized the importance of the US-Saudi strategic relationship, offered his full support in Saudi Arabia’s rivalry with Iran for regional primacy, and signed various business and investment deals worth many
billions
of dollars.
HIV alone attracts many
billions
per year.
The US will seek to guarantee the reliability of its nuclear weapons by spending
billions
of dollars to improve its nuclear weapons infrastructure and conduct tests not involving nuclear detonations.
Options for raising new capital include requesting a €10 billion ($13 billion) contribution from member states, using the €12 billion left over from the European Financial Stability Mechanism, or reallocating the tens of
billions
of unallocated funds from the EU budget.
Just a few years ago, the encroachment of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing vessels sparked a wave of piracy in Somalia that cost the global maritime shipping industry
billions
of dollars in lost revenue.
China has invested
billions
of dollars in African oil production, mining, transportation, electricity production and transmission, telecommunications, and other infrastructure.
Having tens or even hundreds of
billions
of dollars in the central bank’s vault sounds reassuring until you realize that dollar debt coming due in the next 12 months may not be that much smaller.
In fact, all are squandering
billions
of dollars on modernization of their nuclear forces, making a mockery of United Nations disarmament pledges.
Unfortunately, it is estimated that “attacking” an asteroid would cost
billions
of dollars, especially since multiple space launches would likely be needed to ensure that the required number of probes could complete the mission.
In recent years, China’s government alone has invested
billions
of dollars in African infrastructure and resource extraction, raising suspicions that a new scramble for Africa is underway.
The US has spent
billions
of dollars on arms, training, special operations forces, air strikes, and logistical support for the rebel forces, including international mercenaries.
American allies have spent
billions
of dollars more.
This failure was reflected in the Armistice itself, which imposed excessively harsh requirements on Germany, including
billions
of dollars in reparations payments, due at a time when the country faced a deep economic crisis.
Even when genocide remains contained within borders, the violence eventually tends to spill over into neighboring states, igniting regional wars, undermining global stability, and eventually costing
billions
as the world starts to tend to the humanitarian byproducts of slaughter.
For example, by banning new coal plants and shifting fossil-fuel subsidies toward the financing of renewable energy through feed-in tariffs, sustainable energy could be brought to
billions
of people worldwide, while reducing fossil-fuel dependency.
While such innovative and practical solutions are prevented from being scaled up,
billions
of dollars are pumped into subsidies that reinforce the status quo.
Why is it that share prices did well in America and Europe, while falling in Asia to the embarrassment of investment managers who pumped tens of
billions
of dollars unprofitably into Asia, while reducing their US holdings?
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