tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271164688440930415.post7335882098528999391..comments2023-10-31T05:48:02.869-04:00Comments on Food, Farms, and Famine: Access to Food as a Universal Human Right?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271164688440930415.post-43888578732607218632009-02-27T00:58:00.000-05:002009-02-27T00:58:00.000-05:00The answer to your question really lies on specula...The answer to your question really lies on speculation of what future cultures will hold as morally right which is impossible to know. But judging by how things are now the gap may increase or decrease but it certainly will be one that will take decades to correct if not longer. And even with an international effort can hunger really be cured or even alleviated on a large scale? There are always those who deprive others even when others try to say otherwise. <BR/> Since food is considered a commodity that holds a value its hard to see it as a given item doesn't seem plausible. However its is similar to other things we consider human rights so why shouldn't it be a right. How can we put a price on a human life and still put a price on something that they need to sustain that human life. But since it cost money to produce it is only fair to charge for it. So how can we pay to grow it then give it away. Our current economic system does not allow this to happen. No matter the cause someone always has to get paid to provide the food. Can the government really support a food subsidiary program that just gave food to the needy? Is this too much of a burden especially when a considerable portion of that food may go overseas? So trying the world food problem has to be a global effort in order for all the major countries. But certainly on a country wide basis the government could organize a system that would work but would have to be carefully orchestrated. <BR/> Internationally enforcement of adequate needs is near impossible because there are so many countries that would not allow any sort of enforcement agency to find these hungry people. And then the question is who would enforce it? An international coalition would have to be appointed which also creates the problem of more revenue to fund the coalition. So where would the money come from? Here the question of world hunger is an issue but at the same time the bigger question is where is the money to solve world hunger?Bill Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501126215786458381noreply@blogger.com