Comments on: Hunger could be eliminated tomorrow. No joke. So why doesn’t it happen?

By: Collective Lens » Blog Archive » World Food Crisis

Collective Lens » Blog Archive » World Food Crisis — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:04:49 +0000

[…] Shane on DontFearTheTruth.com presents the idea that wealthier countries are purposefully preventing developing countries from industrializing in order to secure an inexpensive source of natural resources. The United States could easily afford to end world hunger by spending only one third of its military budget on the UN estimated $195 billion to end world hunger. However, many African countries actually do not want this aid, but instead desire help at a more sustainable level. He says, Welfare only keeps people poor, and I don’t think the citizens of these countries just want hand outs - they want the tools and education to make it on their own. […]

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don t get eliminated — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:44:52 +0000

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Miami web design — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:43 +0000

Why ? The answer is simple my friend: corporations. I’m not saying they are the devil like some do, but they do work for maximum profit. And since they also control most of the trade, they will not be charitable - that’s not their objective.

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:29:15 +0000

Interesting. Somewhere, someone lobbied for that change, I bet.

By: RT Cunningham

RT Cunningham — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:05:19 +0000

Okay, it’s easier to understand if you know military history. An example is our military’s dining facilities. Prior to sometime in the 90s, military people were trained to be the cooks and regular troops were used for preparation, cleaning in a temporary duty status (called KP in the Army and Air Force, mess duty in the Navy and Marines, not sure about the CG). Then one day, someone in the higher ups decided it was better to contract that work out to civilian companies. Because civilians won’t put up with low salaries and such, the military started spending more than 3 times for this “service”.

I’m sure China doesn’t contract out like that and if they do, I don’t think the civilian parties can demand more than the government offers.

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:39:47 +0000

Good point. Although, doesn’t China have to perform the jobs and buy the products just as the US military does? Whether it is paying civilian employees, or military ones, they both have to spend the money.

Not sure I understand what you mean.

By: RT Cunningham

RT Cunningham — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:52 +0000

Unlike the military budget of other countries, more than half of the military budget is paying non-military salaries and contracts. The DOD employs thousands of civilian employees and purchases products made in the USA.

If the U.S. internalized the military completely, the budget would probably be less than China’s, especially after the removal of greedy military contracts.

Because our government has turned the economy into a tax and spend economy, the spending will never decrease. World hunger is the least of our problems.

By: Stiri

Stiri — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:40:55 +0000

Hunger won’t get eliminated over the night. If we solve all of the humanity’s problems, there won’t be a need for such institutions as NATO, Unicef and the UN.

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:44:05 +0000

How can you think about food giveaways to feed the world?
They will become our slaves, the same way we have become slaves to the oil producing nations.

If prices and supplies are becoming tight for food, perhaps they can now understand how we feel about the cost and supplies of raw materials.

Trade in a free market should be healthy for all nations. Stop price manipulation by limiting production(OPEC) and the cost and availability will seek its natural level.

By: Falco

Falco — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:30:03 +0000

A very good article! more like this one please, people need to be woken up.