Don’t forget to call or write to your Senators, Representatives, the President, and Vice President, and ask them to stand up and turn their backs during the January 20, 2025 oath of office and inaugural address. Spread the word.
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My primary source for these numbers is https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-by-year/, corroborated by others such as https://ourworldindata.org/population-growth.
Rabbi Gellman is introduced at 1:14:45, and he ends at 1:20:55. https://www.c-span.org/video/?166250-1/york-city-prayer-service
Numbers are rounded and, as with any average, include lows, e.g. Chad, 53; Mozambique, 59; and highs, e.g. Hong Kong, 86; Australia and Japan, 85. The U.S. comes in at 77 in 2021. Women tend to have longer life expectancies than men, and specific groups within any nation vary as well. https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy. The U.S. has lagged behind similar nations in stabilizing life expectancy post-COVID-19.
International, national, state, and local poverty guidelines and rates vary. See U.N.: https://press.un.org/en/2024/gaef3607.doc.htm, and U.S.: https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines
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