[ExI] Making [100 million] people smarter on the cheap.
spike
spike66 at att.net
Sat Dec 6 19:57:41 UTC 2008
>
> ...My notion is that if the leaders of the
> nations of iodine-starved people had any intentions of
> solving this problem, they could easily do so. The solution
> is cheap even by their modest standards... spike
>
I may need to rethink my earlier comment. A shaker of iodized salt in some
African countries may cost several million dollars:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5032826.stm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508840/Zimbabwe-bank-issues-10millio
n--wont-buy-hamburger-Harare.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/06/zimbabwe.currency/
For those who believe that governments can print their way out of trouble,
Zimbabwe is the poster child for what happens when they try it.
spike
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