The Real Reason We Care?
In a meeting today in Washington regarding the worldwide food price crisis, Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the IMF warned of dire consequences from continued food price rises. "Thousands, hundreds of thousands of people will be starving. Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with consequences for all their lives," he told reporters.
He said the problem could lead to trade imbalances that may eventually affect developed nations, "so it is not only a humanitarian question".
Oh well that's good to know. Cuz' why would anyone care if it was just a humanitarian crisis and not affecting our own butts. Forget the trade imbalances that favor us and caused these problem to begin with, it might eventually cause problems for me. So we'd better think about doing something to protect ourselves. It is of course all about me…
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that is quite frustrating.
i will join you in growling.
As much as we try to pretend that world hunger is not a problem, God has a way of reminding us. I have faith that it's going to kick us in the pants. And yes, it IS about me.
Grrrrrrrr…
"It's all about me"… that is how we got into this position in the first place. Instead of sourcing food from the places in the world that grow it well, and paying them well for it. We try to grow everything ourselves so we get the money. This "free trade" means the food is not as good, farmers and cows in first world countries get subsidised by their governments so they can keep their traditions and lifestyles, and the other communties that have had good trade on premium products for centuries (Asia, Africa, South America, subcontinent) have suffered becuase we refuse to pay excellent prices for excellent products and excellent producers. This "fair trade" has caused disequilibrium in the global market, global economy, and global fair share of food, etc.
Grumble, grumble, but support and advocate for fairtrade. It's that simple!
I meant to write in the last sentence:
"This "free trade" has caused disequilibrium…"
I don't know what's more sad about that. That it was said, or that it probably needed to be said that way for our country to take an interest.