>From: Cynthia <cyn386@flash.net>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Zero Powers <zero_powers@hotmail.com>
>
> > Yes I agree that the bulk of the problem with hunger in the 3rd world is
>the
> > lousy governance going on over there. But how would it hurt the grain
> > market here to give the grain to countries that can't afford to buy it?
> > Seems to me such a program might even be good for the US grain market in
>the
> > long term. Because if you give them a freebie while they're down on
>their
> > luck, by the time they are ready to buy they may be likely to by from us
> > rather than Europe, no?
>
>Because it will end up in the hands of the wealthy people who run these
>lousy
>third world governments, and not get into the hand of the people who are
>hungry.
That explains why giving it away won't help the suffering masses, but it
doesn't explain how it would hurt the market for US grain.
-Zero
"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
--Thomas Jefferson
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