On 2-8-2013 9:37, scott wrote:

> I said I didn't know for sure whether it would be better or worse, but
> suspected it would be better overall. The point I made that seemed to
> cause so much resistance was that giving out free clothes (to people who
> could afford them anyway) is not as bad as you think, because the people
> will still spend the money, just not on clothes.
>

I know that I am grossly generalizing as there is more to the problem 
than this, but sadly enough, if what you say were true, Africa would 
have been out of the problems half a century ago...

Thomas

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