Affluence Quote by Barry Commoner

“The richest 1 percent of the world's population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the people who make up…

— Greta Thunberg

The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste.

— Helen Caldicott

“Less obviously, concern for the environment is a luxury good. Wealthy Americans are willing to spend more money to protect the environment as a…

— Charles Wheelan

“the U.S., also has the highest rates of suicide, drug abuse, murder, incarcerations, and other negative social factors. Our economy is based on fighting…

— Jim Marrs

In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been…

— Bjorn Lomborg

Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as…

— Eric Alterman

A little over 5% of the world's population produces almost 29% of the world's goods and services.

— Stephen Covey

The population of the U.S. is nearly 300 million, including many of the best educated, most talented, most resourceful, humane people on earth. By…

— Richard Dawkins

We have by far the most expensive health system in the world. We spend 50 percent more per person than the next most costly…

— Kathleen Sebelius

The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of…

— Tom Hodgkinson

“Other countries spend, on average, only about one-half of what the U.S. spends per capita on health care. Isn’t it reasonable, therefore, for us…

— T. Colin Campbell

The United States has the biggest discrepancy in health and longevity between our wealthiest and our poorest of any country on Earth.

— Robert Sapolsky