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- We Pay, They Die
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- Do you ever watch those horrid specials on late night TV that show
- the little children in Africa with the swollen stomachs that show
- they are suffering from starvation?
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- Did you ever send money to keep them from starving to death? I'd bet
- not. It's just the way life is. It's not *your* fault they are
- starving, is it?
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- Well, actually it *is* your fault -- if you are an American tax payer,
- that is. What's this you say? The American government is paying to
- starve children in Africa? How barbaric! But it's true. Read on!
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- What causes children in Africa to starve? Some sort of global food
- shortage? Not a chance. Between 1950 and 1985 world grain production
- grew from 725 million tons to 1.7 billion tons, far outstripping
- population growth and contributing to an average 25 percent increase in
- the amount of food available per person worldwide. According to the
- World Health Organization (WHO) per capita food intake increased from
- less that 95% of the caloric minimum to sustain life to over 110% of
- that number in the same time period.
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- Go to your local supermarket. Is there food there? What is keeping your
- local supermarket chain from opening a store in Ethiopia? It's not a
- lack of food to fill a store in Ethiopia. It's the fact that food is
- expensive and the starving children have no hard currency.
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- Why is food expensive? Let's look at one of the most basic and simple
- laws of economics: supply and demand. If the supply of food rises and
- the demand stays the same, price goes down. If the supply of food goes
- down and the demand stays the same, price rises. Here is a chart:
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- | Supply | Demand | Price |
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- | Up | NC | Down |
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- | Down | NC | Up |
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- | NC | Up | Up |
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- | NO | Down | Down |
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- How is the American government affecting this, you might be tempted to
- ask? Our American government is paying well-fed aristocratic bums like
- Sam Donaldson to *not* produce food. That's right. If you own a farm
- in America, the government will pay you NOT to farm it.
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- Why does the government do this? The government does it to keep food
- prices high, ostensibly to support American farmers. What is the real
- effect? Children in Africa with swollen stomachs. Next time you see
- Sam Donaldson smiling on TV, imagine that rich fucker with a distended
- stomach.
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