Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site CS-Arthur Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!CS-Arthur!cak From: cak@CS-Arthur (Christopher A Kent) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: How about helping our own Message-ID: <784@CS-Arthur> Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 14:07:41 EST Article-I.D.: CS-Arthu.784 Posted: Thu Dec 20 14:07:41 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 02:37:18 EST References: <709@loral.UUCP> Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 21 Rather than giving ANYONE a handout (be they bag ladies in NYC or starving kiddies in Ethiopia), let's try passing along technology and jobs. No matter how much money we throw at Ethiopia, we're not going to solve the problem; we may help a few people not starve, but they become dependent on the handouts. Big lose. Let's teach them to grow their own. As Jay Lepreau is fond of quoting "Give a man a fish, he eats for a day; teach him to fish, he is never hungry." As far as the farmers in this country, if Congress would cut out there stupid price subsidy programs (for milk and honey, in particular), and let the market determine prices, a few farmers might go out of business (especially in the honey market!), but the ones that made it will be much better off, and will be secure in their financial status instead of living from season to season. There's no way to help this country out of its finnancial dire straits without hurting someone. Big government just has to face up to that fact and get it over with. chris