To put it in perspective, the Christmas bonuses paid this year on Wall Street – just the bonuses – amounted to $24 billion. Spending on the Iraq war, which achieves nothing but violence, is more than $100 billion per year.
换言之，今年华尔街所支付的圣诞奖金(只是奖金)就高达240亿美元。在伊拉克战争上的开销每年超过1000亿美元。而这一战争实现的只有是暴力。所以，如果富有国家果真想要实现承诺，那么，八国集团的承诺是可以得到履行的。