11 Things $25 Billion Could Pay For Other Than A Wall

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Experts are saying Trump’s wall could cost up to $25 billion to build. Here’s a list of 11 other things you could do with that much money.

1. Easily pay to fix the water crises in Flint, Michigan.1

It would actually take a mere $216 million.

2. Provide 40,000 grants of $625,000 to support medical research.

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3. End all homelessness in the USA annually.

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“Homelessness could be effectively eradicated in the United States at an annual cost of about $20 billion. The housing department’s budget for addressing homelessness is currently about $1.9 billion.”

4. Stop the deforestation of the Amazon rain forests within 10 years.

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5. Pay for the adoption fees of approximately 1.25 million children.

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6. Provide 25,000 grants in the amount of $1 million to scientists and foundations working to stop the progression of climate change.

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7. Pay for college for 200,000 students in the US.

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8. Plant a tree for one of the every 324,420,000 people living in the US.

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9. Relieve almost all world hunger for a year.

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Not to mention how many farms you could build.

10. Provide 50,000 small businesses in the US with $500,000 grants.

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11. Provide clean drinking water to the ENTIRE planet for three years.

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