Why can't the world leaders come together and do something about world hunger?

Question

have our leaders forgotten that they represent the people?
so many people starving and have the most basic needs in life have no voice. how long do you think it will be until you are forgotten? would you be willing to give one dollar a month/year to fight world hunger? could this be a way to bring the world together?

Brian: you can call me anything you wish
does that mean you don't care? Thats sad. i do love bono though

Leogirl: you make a point that most are already aware of...my point is that it is still a problem that needs to be addressed. i wanted to know if all the world leaders could come together on this issue. you also need to wake up and smell the empty pots on the stove. many people in the US don't know where their next meal is coming from. maybe the next garbage can?

Answer 1

Because unfortunately, the political leaders represent their public and the public, although it likes to say it cares, is much more concerned with the price of gasoline or their income tax refund than feeding people in other countries.

I give $30.00 every month to help feed the world, heck it is less than my cable bill. I figure if I can spend $50.00 on Cable I can certainly spend $30.00 so people can eat. You don't necessarily have to give the hypothetical dollar to a corrupt government. There are plenty of grassroots charities who aim for self sustaining programs as opposed to hand outs.

In fact, the amount that Eurpoeans spend each year on perfume and cologne would be enough to feed, clothe and shelter the entire world.

And Leogirl8, there ARE starving people in America...and any way, why should you only care about Americans?

And Juandos, most of the money that the US gives to developing countries are loans, at a high interest rate and there are normally conditions that if the money is for infastructure or to create sustainable development, the development contracts are to be with US Companies and equiptment is to be purchased from US Companies, etc. The US ends up getting their money back with interest (eventually) plus the money is re-invested in the US economy. Doesn't sound extraordinarily generous to me.

Answer 2

a dollar a month is worth it but the gov't is scandalous and find a way of using most of the money for themselves. but we should fight world hunger because we need to save these people they are just as important as we are they are different and without variety in the human species how can we survive. so is say conquering world hunger would be great and bring the world together so i say two thumbs up @ that idea and i hope people will actually begin to think about this issue more in depth

Answer 3

it really is a human duty to work out to human needs. Deity does now no longer, and by no skill will, have some element to do with it. except the worry-free discrepancy between the 'haves' and 'have nots' are addressed and looked after, there'll continuously be starvation, poverty, ailment, and violence in our international. we've the tactic to feed each and each residing man or woman in the international a sturdy meal...in spite of the indisputable fact that that would make us equivalent and those with money and power do no longer choose their privileges given away. international Leaders are beholden to their money human beings (which in a lot of circumstances are the CEO's of agencies who generate profits off the shown reality that no longer each body is equivalent). except elections are executed without concentrated interests being in touch, no longer something will ever change...

Answer 4

World hunger is about more than just money. Many governments around the world purposefully make their people suffer because they will not comply with the opressive laws of the land. They also prevent the UN from bringing in food and other forms of aid to the people and/or confiscate anything that gets delivered.

Answer 5

Because socialism is viewed as the greatest evil in the world next to terrorism by many people. Many people would gladly see a million people starve than give up a penny to help them, it's schadenfreude - until of course they're in the same situation. Having a billion poor people means having a billion more people to manufacture your immoral corporate products for a subsistance wage. It is in the interest of the corporation that you have poor people with nothing - it makes it easier to make money.

Answer 6

African leaders dont care about the people suffering. They care about their bank accounts and how much money they can transfer to other foreign banks for their future pension. Also they purchase a hundred houses in different countries. Ideally, africa should be a rich country with all its natural mineral and resources but its money has all gone down the drain and not accounted for. Most leaders are just having a good time not really there for leadership purposes.Its sad

Answer 7

Why should world leaders come together for the parasitic losers of the world?

I wouldn't give these starving clowns the sweat off of my (insert whatever term works for you here) let alone money....

Consider just what the US alone has given out over the last fifty plus years:

1) Egypt: U.S. economic assistance through USAID has totaled almost $26 billion since 1975. Current programs focus on economic growth, education

2) West Bank/Gaza: Since 1993, Palestinians have received more than $1.7 billion in U.S. economic assistance via USAID - more than from any other donor country. Some $371 million of that went to humanitarian aid and emergency response to alleviate the suffering caused by the latest Intifada

3) Jordan: Since the U.S.– Jordan partnership began in 1952, USAID has devoted more than $4.4 billion to its work there

Are the lot of the people in any of these countries improved due to the massive rip off of American taxpayers to finance this world wide pandering to parasites?

Do these same peoples have any more respect and desire to live in peace with us?

Answer 8

Those typically poor / hungry people are oppressed by their respective governments.

Corruption and politics makes it so the 'people' don't get the help that we send them.

The chain from us to them is only as strong as the weakest link. We can't vote the corrupt politicians out of office over there !

BTW... in the mid 1980's I saw "feed the children" ads on TV that talked about starving babies in Sudan. I then saw 3 years later, 3 yr. olds "starving"... That means the women are "popping babies" even during famines.... Not smart huh?!

Answer 9

Because most of the hunger in the world is due to the peoples' own governments. In China and USSR and now North Korea, millions of people, 10s of millions were starved to death or are starving to death by direct actions of their governments. Mugabe in Zimbabwe has brought famine and poverty to his country.

We were in Somalia in 1991/92 to protect the humanitarian food convoys from the Muslim warlords, who would take it and let the non-Muslims starve to death.

The poverty and hunger in Latin America is because of their governments.

Short of invading and overthrowing these governments, what, exactly, can anybody do?

Answer 10

They are coming together to do something about world hunger they are fighting wars and killing people you know less mouths to feed so the food supply goes a longer way.