So, dollar cost of the Olympics would feed how many?

[Maxwell511]

I don't give a rat's who wins the 100metre sprint... how many malaria prone children will that provide with quinine, know whaat I mean?

And how many starving children could we have fed with the money that western governments pay farmers not to produce food? And also how many starving children could we have fed with the food that could have been produced by western farmers if governments didn't bribe them?

I'm guessing alot.

 

[cantata]

And the revenue generated by the London Olympics?

Will, from the look of things at the moment, not come close to matching the expenditure. And that's not to mention that the distribution of that revenue is unlikely to best serve the people who have suffered the most from the spending.

Even if "we" do make a profit, it could have been budgeted better. Our current government is notoriously bad at cost management.