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To: DMaA who wrote (24710)	7/17/2000 10:05:17 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I don't know Dave, I haven't seen a hungry person in a long time that couldn't get food. We have a Mission here that not only feeds any sober person that comes to the door but also builds houses and sells them to families that are down on their luck really cheap. Job placement, furniture. I forgot to mention, this is all volunteer, not a dime of government money.

To: DMaA who wrote (24710)	7/18/2000 12:18:37 AM
From: nihil	Respond to of 769667

Welfare and food aid and agricultural aid have saved hundreds of millions of people from starvation. Entire nations have survived famines and become self-supporting and even exporters of food. India is an excellent example, and even Bangladesh. The fact that millions have died from starvation does not invalidate the programs that have saved others. That new natural disasters and wars cause new disasters says nothing about the desirability of giving what aid we can. That some nations refuse help on the best terms does not mean we shouldn't give aid on terms that they will take. Ultimately all nations will have to undertake economic development that will generate the income they need to buy the food their people need. Ultimately every nation will have to undertake the family planning programs that will permit them to balance their population and their resources. Japan and China undertook population control relying ultimately on abortion rather than contraception. Japan succeeded in stabilizing its population which will soon top out and begin to decrease. In the mean time, it became very rich. China has a long way to go and much effort left to carry out. For the most part Europe has become ZPG. The United States population continues to grow, but primarily as the direct and indirect effect of immigration. The world food problem is one of excess production because of subsidies, especially Europe. Freer trade and economic development will allow peaceful countries to organize both agricultural production and manufacturing to feed their stabilized population. But without population transition in much of the 3rd world, the threat of overpopulation remains. It is not necessary to starve poor children to obtain the transition, but parents must be responsible and only bear the children they can afford to raise and educate. The developed world must be patient while it continues to aid the poor. Those countries that prefer abortion as a means of population regulation should be supported, while alternative methods of birth control should be supported for every one.