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Old 03-08-2011, 04:15 PM
Abbott Shaull Abbott Shaull is offline
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Originally Posted by Legbreaker View Post
Governments are not the ones producing, shipping and generally providing the food. They can have an influence on it, but it all boils down to private companies.

If the private sector isn't making any money, then people will starve. Only in a pure communist style environment may the government control all production, processing and distribution.
Even the purest of Communist States the farmers who worked the collectives were allowed their own small plots to do what they wanted with. So even there were chances for side incomes.
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