"scott"  wrote in message news:51fa48dc$1@news.povray.org...

>> Helping the poor who cannot afford clothes is ok. Saturating the market
>> with free stuff that even the people who could afford it otherwise is 
>> not,
>> because that kills even the little economy that there could be.

> But the people who can afford the clothes in the first place will simply 
> buy other things instead, so some other economy will be increased to match 
> the decrease in textiles.

How many of those "other things" can be produced locally with limited means?

>> The best way to help a nation is not to give it as much free stuff as it
>> wants. It's to help it get its economy running.

> Why wouldn't giving them free clothes help the economy? People would have 
> more to spend on things like education and medicine rather than being 
> trapped only barely being able to afford clothes and food.

People without a market for their labor or goods can't take their "clothing 
money" and reallocate it to education or medicine. They have gone from 
almost no money to no money at all. Please, think this one through before 
making a half-dozen posts.

-Shay

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