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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL)
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Subject: Re: The role of America in world hunger & red spread
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> [Todd Jones]
> Au contraire, I stated the primary reason for poverty is the
> resource drain from these countries to America and Europe.
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The above statement is WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!
Boy, we sure have impoverished Saudi Arabia and Kuwait by draining their
resources.  Even if we exempt oil producing countries, the least poor
third world countries tend to be those with the most per capita exports
to the developed world.  The very poorest countries have little to export.
I suppose if Bangla Desh and Upper Volta stopped their already meager
exports to the West they would blossom overnight.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan