One thing our think tank routinely discusses is how to solve the problems with starvation and hunger. In the US we have it pretty good, very rarely does anyone in our 300 million plus population die from starvation, I'd say that's a good thing. In the rest of the world, things are not so good, thus, such tragedies are all too common. Perhaps, when you were young your mother told you to eat all the food on your plate because there were people starving in Africa, China, India, or whatever nation she mentioned, well, that was true then, and it's still true today. Okay so let's talk.
It is my sincere belief that there is no food shortages in the world for human consumption, rather there is a distribution problem, and the same is true in the US with companies wasting food at the end of the day. Not long ago, I was reminded of this by a college student who wants to start a food drive, she stated that only;
"10% of food businesses donate their unsold food items at the end of the day to local food banks and homeless shelters."
That's not good you say - No that isn't good is it - especially for a major city in the US, and a nation of abundance.
Right so we have a distribution problem! And we are mismanaging our resources, while everyone runs around asking the government to fix the problem, so they want to raise taxes, which will make it worse. You see, there are more than enough people willing to volunteer, but we keep punishing those who help.
If a business donates food, and someone gets sick, some lawyer will sue, but we keep demanding more laws and regulations. Then a common sense solution like this comes along (pick up the food not used and deliver it to the local charity) and needs to battle the red-tape, and convince small and large businesses to give again - but they've been burned so many times, and folks don't even understand why these volunteers and businesses are less than interested in helping anymore.
How do you suppose I know about such things? Simple, I've been using my company to help the common good for decades, prior to retirement, and it is amazing what you have to go through just to help people, it's really a shame, then when the government tries, it just wastes more money, raises taxes, and the whole problem is unchanged for the most part. Please consider all this.
It is my sincere belief that there is no food shortages in the world for human consumption, rather there is a distribution problem, and the same is true in the US with companies wasting food at the end of the day. Not long ago, I was reminded of this by a college student who wants to start a food drive, she stated that only;
"10% of food businesses donate their unsold food items at the end of the day to local food banks and homeless shelters."
That's not good you say - No that isn't good is it - especially for a major city in the US, and a nation of abundance.
Right so we have a distribution problem! And we are mismanaging our resources, while everyone runs around asking the government to fix the problem, so they want to raise taxes, which will make it worse. You see, there are more than enough people willing to volunteer, but we keep punishing those who help.
If a business donates food, and someone gets sick, some lawyer will sue, but we keep demanding more laws and regulations. Then a common sense solution like this comes along (pick up the food not used and deliver it to the local charity) and needs to battle the red-tape, and convince small and large businesses to give again - but they've been burned so many times, and folks don't even understand why these volunteers and businesses are less than interested in helping anymore.
How do you suppose I know about such things? Simple, I've been using my company to help the common good for decades, prior to retirement, and it is amazing what you have to go through just to help people, it's really a shame, then when the government tries, it just wastes more money, raises taxes, and the whole problem is unchanged for the most part. Please consider all this.
