Submitted on February 1st, 2008 by Ben Cloud (not verified)
Mr. Brown,
Food is always the highest value. You are simply advocating that the entire grain industry should continue in a depressed state to support the poor. I would suggest that the free market set the price and if you want charity, then have the government pay for it.
The bottom line is that the price of oil has driven a major economic shift and you are blaming renewable fuels which is a reasonable economic alternative, but still a lower value than food.
I do agree that the economic shift is rapid and therefore causing hardship for the poor who are less able to adapt to rapid change. That is the result of being poor and why those is a poor state of being often need assistance. In the end, this will spur innovation and benefits for the poor as well who are motivated to deal with issues and politics that have created their problems in the first place.
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food vs fuel
Submitted on February 1st, 2008 by Ben Cloud (not verified)Mr. Brown,
Food is always the highest value. You are simply advocating that the entire grain industry should continue in a depressed state to support the poor. I would suggest that the free market set the price and if you want charity, then have the government pay for it.
The bottom line is that the price of oil has driven a major economic shift and you are blaming renewable fuels which is a reasonable economic alternative, but still a lower value than food.
I do agree that the economic shift is rapid and therefore causing hardship for the poor who are less able to adapt to rapid change. That is the result of being poor and why those is a poor state of being often need assistance. In the end, this will spur innovation and benefits for the poor as well who are motivated to deal with issues and politics that have created their problems in the first place.