With regard to the issue of minimizing suffering, and getting rid of hunger, earlier, in another post summarizing what Ethics is about viewtopic.php?f=1&t=181099&p=2358380#p2358380 I wrote this: Warren Buffett’s son, Howard, who has taken up farming in Decatur, Illinois, recently said:
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…as quoted here: parade.com/news/2012/12/02-g … erica.html
See the web-page for the Howard G. Buffett Foundation for further details.
This is a project that to my mind ought to be of very high priority, for the government and for all of us.
It is not on the government’s agenda; and the Congress seems totally dysfunctional. So it’s up to us.