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patio11 on Aug 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Bi...

If you can buy a Pepsi in every village in India, why can’t the government get us our rations?

This is a quote for the ages.

kamaal on Aug 29, 2012 [–]

This actually speaks volumes of the true nature of the problem.

The problem is distribution and affordability.

You can buy Pepsi for ten rupees, and the fact that its everywhere talks a lot of Pepsi's distribution model.

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