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13986, RE: why not?
Posted by AZ, Wed May-30-01 09:43 AM
>Do you realize the US produces
>enough food and has enough
>resourses to feed and clothe
>the entire planet.

I have to disagree with you here. The US does not produce enough food to feed the whole planet. However, there definitely is not a shortage of food available to feed the whole planet. This just backs up my point though, the resources go to only those that can afford it. Even though thousands of tons of food goes wasted or thrown away (some of it to purposely push up prices), there are still millions of people throughout the world going hungry every year. Is this due simply to culture? No. It's due to a system in which feeding everyone would be harmful to competition, private property, and maximization of profits, which are the main components behind capitalism.