How about a little less collectivism? Seems to me that North Korea is starving, and communist. Zimbabwe, socialist. Venezuela, socialist. Heck, Venezuela is making money hand over fist in oil revenue, but still can’t supply its people with powdered milk.
Sensing a pattern yet:
Ban blamed a host of causes for the soaring cost of food, including rising oil prices, the fall of the U.S. dollar and natural disasters.
He said he would put together a special task force to help deal with the problem and called on the international community to help. He said the U.N. World Food Program plans to raise $750 million per year to help feed 73 million people in 80 countries.
Yeah, that’s just what we need: another task force.
Maybe instead of just throwing grain and money at the problem, the United Nations could take a look at addressing the repressive regimes that are causing starvation in these suffering countries. And America could help by not subsidizing farmers.
