Should America Teach Us To Feed Oneself?

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Should America feed the countries of the world or should America teach them to feed themselves? This is a topic has been going on for years, it even stretches back, to the foundation of America itself. America for many years sent resources back to their mother country, Great Britain such as wood which was not as plenteous in Great Britain as America. This was a very critical part of growing the economy, this went on for many year and you know the rest of the story. Then jump to the present day the role of America is the same, but the game is different. America has an overabundance of food and other countries who do not have this large supply of food, they want to receive it be it in financial aid or the United States assistance. These countries are on the receiving and will stay there till something changes. …show more content…
The United States spends billions of dollars on aid to other countries but this is less than one percent of America’s total gross domestic product. The problem is that many people do not want to put that kind of money into helping people who are said to be their enemies while other have the claim that if this is done countries will have dependence on America and they don’t want that while many others

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