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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthe whole fucking problem of Poverty(starvation)
and anguish in South America and their need to migrate to the United States is the fault of One basic Concept!
The Catholic Church and their pressure they put on their followers to have more children.The.More children, and the more dues they will collect will allow Church officials to lead a good life..
Meanwhile the poor Fathers and Mothers of the aforementioned end up helpless with regards to providing for themselves and their families..
Is this not true? Do you agree?
Kali
(55,019 posts)by governments, especially the US.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Kali
(55,019 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)The impoverished families over extend their selves with having more children which they cannot handle financially and end up in extreme poverty!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)Having more children is a fairly low-level decision that is influenced by many other high-level policies.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)choice differently.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)But it begins with the mother and father overextending themselves financially by having freaking children they can not care for..
I just wonder if each of these millions of families in poverty only had 2 children at the most, would have helped their situation.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)War, corruption, destruction of infrastructures. They aren't "overextended." They are living in a place where it's nearly impossible for them to gain a foothold. That is why they are leaving. Many people who are migrating don't have children at all.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,433 posts)war, U.S.-funded coups and civil wars, and U.S. trade policies that make it difficult for countries to recover.
elleng
(131,107 posts)Here's something else:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man
Shemp Howard
(889 posts)All land has a carrying capacity. Go a little above that number, and people hurt. Go a lot above that number, and people starve.
I'm not an expert on this matter. So I don't know what the carrying capacity would be for a particular region. But there must be a limit! So any attempt to eliminate the tragedy of hunger must include family planning.
Two additional comments:
1. As you noted, the Catholic Church is part of the problem. But there are many places on Earth where people starve, and the Catholic Church has no presence.
2. Corruption also plays a big role. Sometimes food aid just sits on the docks rotting. And that's because the aid workers don't have enough bribe money to get the packages moving. Maybe the UN is too weak to prevent this. Or maybe the UN is too incompetent to prevent this.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)The Catholic Church is the same in Italy, Ireland, and is the largest Church in the U.S. yet those countries are not in the same boat.
I am guessing you are too young to remember or were not even alive 35 years ago when the wars were ocurring in central America.