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Thread #101276   Message #2044900
Posted By: Bill D
06-May-07 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: illegals prove they are not needed ...
Subject: RE: BS: illegals prove they are not needed ...
"Ovepopulation is a misnomer. There is lots of space for everyone. The problem is in the distribution of food. Americans waste more food then some small countries consume."

This is a commonly repeated combination of fact & error....we DO waste a lot, but you can't devise a distribution program that would remedy that. Most of the 'waste' is not at places that would allow it go elsewhere...We DO ship some surpluses elsewhere, but 'enough food' needs to be generated at or near where it's needed. The cost in labor and transportation to ship serious quantities of food around would be prohibitive.

And "lots of space for everyone" is simply both incorrect and a logical error. You are using "lots of space" in a very different way than those who explain the 'carrying capacity' of the land.