Javierdude22: Maybe im just naive, silly, or to much of an ideologist (this btw is not a retorical question). But I dont get some of the thing happening in politics. Mind you, theyve happened ever since time began, but still...
For example, in Peru. The president here is Alejandro Toledo, the lamest guy ever who followed up the dictator Fujimori. 54% of this country (by Peruvian standards) is in poverty. But poverty here means that families live off of 10 soles, or 3 dollars a day. By WEstern standards app. 80% lives in poverty. Most jobs consist out of standing on the corner of a street selling fruit for 50 centavos a piece. You can easily make a cool 5 soles a day like that (1,50$).
And what does the president do? Raise his salary by 10,000 Dollars! Go on trips by privat jet that cost him 200,000 dollars a piece, and he gives every congressman 16 salaries a year, instead of the 14 an average payroll worker gets. -To fight corruption- he says. Ahuh, ever heard of jail?
And so many cases that I just do not get. I run the risk of being called a socialist or communist here (or a wannabe cool liberal by some) but when you think about it: isnt it jut logic?
I mean, a tax cut, that eventually only seems to benefit anyone making over 200 grand a year. A defense budget that could help Africa out of poverty, which eventually makes insurance benefits cuts necessary for the poorest lot.
I just dont get it. How do these people sleep at night?
Isnt it just plain logic that when you have a couple of billion dollars, that you get taxed a bit more? Have these people ever looked outside of their yards to see the little 5 year old girl selling candy on the corner of the street so her mom will let her come home?
Isnt it logical that poor people who cannot afford to move away dont want the fumes of a factory in their backyard?
I just dont get it...
For example, in Peru. The president here is Alejandro Toledo, the lamest guy ever who followed up the dictator Fujimori. 54% of this country (by Peruvian standards) is in poverty. But poverty here means that families live off of 10 soles, or 3 dollars a day. By WEstern standards app. 80% lives in poverty. Most jobs consist out of standing on the corner of a street selling fruit for 50 centavos a piece. You can easily make a cool 5 soles a day like that (1,50$).
And what does the president do? Raise his salary by 10,000 Dollars! Go on trips by privat jet that cost him 200,000 dollars a piece, and he gives every congressman 16 salaries a year, instead of the 14 an average payroll worker gets. -To fight corruption- he says. Ahuh, ever heard of jail?
And so many cases that I just do not get. I run the risk of being called a socialist or communist here (or a wannabe cool liberal by some) but when you think about it: isnt it jut logic?
I mean, a tax cut, that eventually only seems to benefit anyone making over 200 grand a year. A defense budget that could help Africa out of poverty, which eventually makes insurance benefits cuts necessary for the poorest lot.
I just dont get it. How do these people sleep at night?
Isnt it just plain logic that when you have a couple of billion dollars, that you get taxed a bit more? Have these people ever looked outside of their yards to see the little 5 year old girl selling candy on the corner of the street so her mom will let her come home?
Isnt it logical that poor people who cannot afford to move away dont want the fumes of a factory in their backyard?
I just dont get it...
