As you hopefully know, this blog is named after the quote from Emerson, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind." Apparently, our beloved President is not little-minded, as consistency is not one of his virtues.
He threw significant weight behind the most recent incarnation of the farm bill, pointing out that it's important to make sure that our farmers' crops are not undercut by competition from third-world farmers. Tonight, he tells us that he wants to pass a new program to encourage purchasing crops from said third-world farmers, to help "break the cycle of famine."
Please explain to me...how does taking food out of third-world countries helps reduce the amount of famine there?
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I thought the goal is to have the famished African nations produce more of their OWN crops. So we could encourage the NGOs doing famine aid there to support the local crop producers. To encourage additionals NGOs to help improve the yield and nutrition of those crops. Etc. Did he REALLY say (or mean) for us to import African grains?
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