the whole fucking problem of Poverty(starvation)

[busterbrown]

and anguish in South America and their need to migrate to the United States is the fault of One basic Concept!
The Catholic Church and their pressure they put on their followers to have more children.The.More children, and the more dues they will collect will allow Church officials to lead a good life..

Meanwhile the poor Fathers and Mothers of the aforementioned end up helpless with regards to providing for themselves and their families..

Is this not true? Do you agree?

[Kali]

1. Nah, while the church is bad and influences that problem the deeper issues are policies implemented

by governments, especially the US.

[busterbrown]

3. What policies? n/t

[Kali]

4. Start with NAFTA.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. The drug war, funding civil wars, propping up right-wing coups, etc.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. No. It's a multifaceted issue, and the one you mention is a very small part of it.

[busterbrown]

6. I don't see how its a small part of it..

The impoverished families over extend their selves with having more children which they cannot handle financially and end up in extreme poverty!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. These people are impoverished because U.S. policies ruined their countries' infrastructures.

Having more children is a fairly low-level decision that is influenced by many other high-level policies.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Poverty in general is a highly complicated issue that is difficult to manage by maknig one personal

choice differently.

[busterbrown]

9. Please tell me the large part..

But it begins with the mother and father overextending themselves financially by having freaking children they can not care for..

I just wonder if each of these millions of families in poverty only had 2 children at the most, would have helped their situation.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. These people are coming from countries that have been ruined by high-level policies.

War, corruption, destruction of infrastructures. They aren't "overextended." They are living in a place where it's nearly impossible for them to gain a foothold. That is why they are leaving. Many people who are migrating don't have children at all.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. The issues that have a bigger influence on the struggles these people face include the U.S.-run drug

war, U.S.-funded coups and civil wars, and U.S. trade policies that make it difficult for countries to recover.

[elleng]

5. Sounds kind of simple to me.

Here's something else:

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man

[Shemp Howard]

13. You make a very good point.

All land has a carrying capacity. Go a little above that number, and people hurt. Go a lot above that number, and people starve.

I'm not an expert on this matter. So I don't know what the carrying capacity would be for a particular region. But there must be a limit! So any attempt to eliminate the tragedy of hunger must include family planning.

Two additional comments:

1. As you noted, the Catholic Church is part of the problem. But there are many places on Earth where people starve, and the Catholic Church has no presence.

2. Corruption also plays a big role. Sometimes food aid just sits on the docks rotting. And that's because the aid workers don't have enough bribe money to get the packages moving. Maybe the UN is too weak to prevent this. Or maybe the UN is too incompetent to prevent this.

[Drahthaardogs]

14. Ridiculous premise with no data to substantiate it.

The Catholic Church is the same in Italy, Ireland, and is the largest Church in the U.S. yet those countries are not in the same boat.

I am guessing you are too young to remember or were not even alive 35 years ago when the wars were ocurring in central America.