HappySqurriel on 15 November 2009
I'm sorry, this argument falls under "A 5 year old knows better" category ... The clichés that we’re told from the time we’re very little are so important because they are full of inherent wisdom; and the relevant cliché at the moment is "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life."
When you start factoring in price inflation that buying food to feed the hungry, selling all of the assets of the Catholic Church would only buy a couple of years worth of food for the hungry and then we're back to square one. Until we actually deal with the core problem (mismanaged resources in Africa), all foreign food aid does is prolong the suffering of people.
