What is an Economy? Some and I do not know.

Dr. Kynes,

His claim is even more ridiculous. He said $30b, meaning billion. That works out to about $97 per person in a year.

Canna Sylvan said:

Dr. Kynes,

His claim is even more ridiculous. He said $30b, meaning billion. That works out to about $97 per person in a year.

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So everyone in the world is starving now eh? That was fast.

abandonconflict said:

When the game is over, the pieces go back in the box.

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Doesnt work like that in real life though does it

abandonconflict said:

By $30B I meant 30 billion. Brevity ftw.

Wall of text flattenned me, you win.

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thirty billion dollars, not three hundred eight dollars? ok my bad. old eyes dont see well anymore

still 30 billion is a low as number to end hunger when inflation will always drive the prices higher.

Dr Kynes said:

thirty billion dollars, not three hundred eight dollars? ok my bad. old eyes dont see well anymore

still 30 billion is a low as number to end hunger when inflation will always drive the prices higher.

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The problem is logistic. The food is cheap. It's the delivery, esp. to places like the inner Sudan, that runs it up. cn

Canna Sylvan said:

Dr. Kynes,

His claim is even more ridiculous. He said $30b, meaning billion. That works out to about $97 per person in a year.

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in some countries $308 can feed a person well for a year, at current prices and exchange rates... but as more people can buy competition for the resources (food) which are scant to begin with (thats why they are starving...) will drive the prices up to american food price levels rapidly, then you'd need a few thousand a year to feed that same one person if the food is even available.

giving food to hungry nations is as useles as giving foodstamps to poor folks in macro economic terms. foodstamps keeps jack from starving, but the money came from john to start with, so its not a zero sum game its a negative integer game. admin costs always make the $100 bucks from john into ~$75 bucks to jack or even less.

helping countries become self sufficent is equally dicey, since thats the way saddam got the materials and precursors to make his nerve gas in the first place. he bought it at a steep discount from the US as aid for agriculture and his russian friends helped him make nerve gas with it.

NLXSK1 said:

In the game monopoly you get paid 200 dollars for passing go...

It is a socialist dream.

You know nothing about capitalism.

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Also in the game of monopoly you can't buy drugs, flat screen TVs, new cars, 24" wheels or anything else on credit, the $200 for passing go is monopoly welfare!

cannabineer said:

The problem is logistic. The food is cheap. It's the delivery, esp. to places like the inner Sudan, that runs it up. cn

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ohh i understand that. i thought he was sayin a flat three hundred and eight bucks to end world hunger, and i was thinkin, well if thats all we need, illl get my checkbook. shit i can be a philanthopist and a misanthrope at the same time.

those silly numbers are always pie in the sky bullshit, a stupid guilt game like the christian children's fund's 90 cents a day to build a school dig a well import fine french cuisine and dress the tots up in FUBU gear and fresh kicks. if you dont give then your a stingy fucker...

well shit i AM a stingy fucker. if i was in darfur and saw a starving kid begging for food i would feed him, but a fat bitch on tv standing next to central casting's ethnic diversity portfolio of child actors doesnt pull at my heartstrings. i guess i AM worse than hitler.

beenthere said:

Also in the game of monopoly you can't buy drugs, flat screen TVs, new cars, 24" wheels or anything else on credit, the $200 for passing go is monopoly welfare!

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thats why conservatives play monopoly,, and liberals play candyland. nobody ever really loses in candyland. they just get stuck in the gumdrop falls, which when you think about it aint so bad. i like gum drops.

Dr Kynes said:

ohh i understand that. i thought he was sayin a flat three hundred and eight bucks to end world hunger, and i was thinkin, well if thats all we need, illl get my checkbook. shit i can be a philanthopist and a misanthrope at the same time.

those silly numbers are always pie in the sky bullshit, a stupid guilt game like the christian children's fund's 90 cents a day to build a school dig a well import fine french cuisine and dress the tots up in FUBU gear and fresh kicks. if you dont give then your a stingy fucker...

well shit i AM a stingy fucker. if i was in darfur and saw a starving kid begging for food i would feed him, but a fat bitch on tv standing next to central casting's ethnic diversity portfolio of child actors doesnt pull at my heartstrings. i guess i AM worse than Hitler.

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Feel the Dark Side. Embrace its powaaaaah. cn