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You know, the funny part is that you're actually right for once, though you managed to find it in completely the wrong way. The problem with sending free food was that it got them into the mess in the first place by putting the food producers out of business - who wants to buy food from farmers when the West is shipping huge crates of it over free? The farmers can't sell their crops anymore, they go under, and suddenly a little weather-caused famine becomes a disaster. And, of course, we start dumping even more free food into the mess.