gap between rich and poor (1)

Problem is millionaires and billionaires
Humanity is now using nature’s resources 50 percent faster than what Earth can renew. Actually, it is not humanity, but rather a specific small population of humanity that is consuming 80% of the world's resources. The higher the income the higher the consumption of the earth's limited resources. Our survival is being threatened by the population explosion of millionaires and billionaires in the world. Since the financial crisis, the number of billionaires in the world has more than doubled. Millionaires will increase 50% by 2018.


Unsustainable population growth of the rich

The unsustainable population growth of the rich threatens the environment, our health, and happiness. While the poor make up most of the world population, they consume little of the earth's resources as 50% of the worlds population live on less than $2/day.

What can be done?
The children from the richest families receive on average $2.7 million in inheritance and become instant high consuming millionaires causing many social and environmental problems. The population growth of wealthy heirs is a choice, not an unstoppable force of nature. Rational, responsible and rigorously monitored mandatory birth control of the rich is the only logical, mature and ethical answer to this unprecedented over consumption.

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