To: rovenstinez
If there is a global reduction in harvests, leading to higher prices, then in the US we will just have to pay higher prices. In the Third World, when food prices exceed income and people face starvation, expect MAJOR unrest and mass migration (illegal immigration) to the West.
We may start to see a repeat of the barbarian migrations that helped lead to the fall of Rome.
49 posted on
02/11/2011 11:39:59 AM PST by
PapaBear3625
("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
To: PapaBear3625
” If there is a global reduction in harvests, leading to higher prices, then in the US we will just have to pay higher prices. In the Third World, when food prices exceed income and people face starvation, expect MAJOR unrest and mass migration (illegal immigration) to the West. “
A sobering thought - Conditions in many American inner cities approximate 3rd World conditions - only held in check by government largesse — which CANNOT BE open-ended....
57 posted on
02/11/2011 11:45:03 AM PST by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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