>> 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...

Are you saying they are not spending the money at all then, that they 
would have previously spent on clothes? Don't forget we're only 
considering the people who could afford to buy clothes, but don't know 
because they are available for free. I highly doubt those people are now 
just saving that money instead.

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