A million people are starving only in a disaster situation, and if there is a free flow of information and goods, voluntary action will usually address the temporary needs better than any coordinated effort. Only in a few situations, like the Indian Ocean tsunami, is there a real need for the U.S. Navy to intervene, and that was largely because of the island populations with nowhere to evacuate to and the widespread devastation in undeveloped and largely unfree nations.
Thomas Sowell says there’s never, in modern times, been a catastrophic famine in a state or region with a free press and something like democracy. Shortage becomes starvation when government is at liberty to prevent natural market forces from getting food to where it’s most in demand.
What she said! BUMP
“when government is at liberty to prevent natural market forces from getting food to where it’s most in demand.”
The govt control thing is what disturbs me. I can’t address other issues because the things of which you speak are beyond the scope of my experience. However, penalizing people who want to give away their produce (happened in GA) is beyond the pale. I just hope we can straighten out these issues in November.