The U.S. government has bought extra wheat to give as aid before, but more than a few times the government we gave the food to went around and sold it to buy weapons. If I recall correctly, that's one of the reasons the U.S. sometimes just air drops food in places where it's needed rather than trying to give it through official channels.

Another problem we've run into is that flooding a country with free food can lower its value to the point that farmers in the country are forced out of business, making the country even less able to sustain itself nd more dependent on outside sources.

That's not to say it can't be done, just that implementing the idea will be more complicated than is readily apparent.



Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
How about the Government keeps paying them for the wheat to be produced and then used in Aid?