I don’t want to bash the U.S. government anymore than I have to, but this is really getting out of hand!
US food aid is ‘wrecking’ Africa, claims charity
The US arm of the charity says America is causing rather than reducing hunger with a decree that US food aid must be sold rather than directly distributed to those facing starvation. In America, the subsidies for corn in particular, help underpin the junk food industry, which uses corn extracts as a sweetener, creating a home-grown a health crisis.
The farm lobby meanwhile has a stranglehold on Congress, which has balked at making any changes that would interfere with a system that promotes overproduction of commodities.
Doesn’t that remind you of a little something that Karl Marx came up with?
I’ve tried telling the world, Marxism all the way…
