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I'm not advocating socialism, my point is that hunger is a natural outcome of capitalism in combination with rent serfdom. Farmers are often poor but not hungry because they can produce food; landless rent serfs cannot.
Hunger is a natural outcome of lack of food, strong examples going back to the beginning of mankind in any and all regions, economies, and politics.
Not going to happen. The schools are teaching the kids to be good little cogs in the socialist world and the ability to understand economics is counterproductive. They don't want them to grow up to be voters who actually understand what they are voting on.
Precisely.
Why do you think there is plenty of time for art and music, but no time for investing classes.
Not going to happen. The schools are teaching the kids to be good little cogs in the socialist world and the ability to understand economics is counterproductive. They don't want them to grow up to be voters who actually understand what they are voting on.
Hahah - yup - that's what they do in Texas...they skip s#x ed...evolution...Holocaust ...who knows what else, all in the name of SOCIALISM.
I'd say it's the conservatives who want idiots for citizens...and they're certainly succeeding.
The only children in the USA who are hungry are the children whose parents are trading their food stamps for drugs or alcohol, and even those kids are getting a calorie laden lunch for free and maybe breakfast, too. Even the undocumented alien kids get food stamps and free lunches.
I volunteer at three food banks. Nobody coming in for free food is skinny. They all have smart phones and nice cars. About 30-50% of the clients at the distribution centers appear to be undocumented aliens and they aren't skinny and they all have smart phones and decent cars.
Studies have shown that when you drug test those in social service programs, less than 5% test positive for any kind of drugs.
If you think food banks are so worthless and abused, WTH do you keep volunteering - don't you have anything better to do?
I'm an economist, with among other things 20+ years of experience in developing countries. What makes moral sense rarely makes economic sense from the standpoint of conventional micro- and macro-economics.
This is one of the reasons why "laissez faire" is such a bad idea. If you don't grab the reins of an economy, it will simply take you where you do not want to go.
Studies have shown that when you drug test those in social service programs, less than 5% test positive for any kind of drugs.
If you think food banks are so worthless and abused, WTH do you keep volunteering - don't you have anything better to do?
Well, I see the same thing where I volunteer, unfortunately. I also volunteer at our recovery program. Food banks are not worthless, but some people do abuse them, trying to go to as many as possible to get food to sell.
Just trying to help folks in the community, I've always believed food is the most basic and best way to help.
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