"The tone of the event grew more serious when Carter was asked to identify the greatest threat facing the country and if he thinks the threat was being addressed properly by the current administration.

“Well the answer to the second part of the question is ‘No’,” Carter quickly said.

He proceeded to say the greatest threat the United States and the world faces is the growing “chasm” between the rich and the poor.

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Carter said the 16 cents for every $100 the government uses on foreign aid is not nearly enough. He later condemned the United States for being the only nation that refused to pledge an increase in foreign aid at July’s Group of Eight Summit in Scotland, an annual gathering of the world’s eight largest industrialized nations. --Amid laughs, Carter focuses aim on global poverty in annual Town Hall