>>> How much /money/ do you think people in Africa really have to spend?
>
>> Enough to support a local textile industry. If they get free clothes
>> where does that money then go that previously supported the textile
>> industry? If it stays locally (eg food, tools, education) then it's
>> not easy to argue the local economy will be badly affected.
>
> The money spent on textiles disappears along with the textile market.
> The money generated by the textile market no longer exists. It cannot be
> spent on medicine or education because it's GONE.

And then, now that everyone has clothes, who says another market won't 
open up or grow that would generate even more money than the textile 
industry did? I'm not saying that will certainly happen, but it's a bit 
short-sighted to not consider that possibility.

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