So all we have to do to prevent the population booms by feeding the poor of the world is to provide them education, housing, clean water, healthcare, a good government, and about 12 other things (while praying hard to make sure they don't get dependant on that outside help)?
And then after the initial exponential population run-up (which happens anyways), it will all level out in the end (with lower birth-rates).
Seems kind of like the counter-argument is avoiding the issue at hand by re-framing it in terms of future birth-rates (instead of accepting the immediate reality).
