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I am a bit confused here. How can a country like Ethiopia possibly afford to buy an extremely expensive airliner, when its population is constantly moving from one humanitarian crisis to another ?
I am a bit confused here. How can a country like Ethiopia possibly afford to buy an extremely expensive airliner, when its population is constantly moving from one humanitarian crisis to another ?
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A friend of mine went to Ethiopia last November and it`s actually a very interesting country to visit (my sister`s going there later this year, flying Ethiopian Airliines). My friend said that the people she met felt that due to the coverage of the past famine and trouble, their country doesn`t get fair portrayal overseas as it was a relatively small percentage that were affected. I don`t know anything about Ethiopian Airlines but a lot of airlines lease their aircraft, they don`t buy them. The new generation of aircraft are actually cheaper to run (due to weight and fuel economy) so it makes sense to update the fleet. It would help if they didn`t keep catching fire though :-)
In many African states you have a few very very REALLY rich people, and the rest are very very poor.
The rich ones line their own pockets, and own all the large companies, leaving the mass of the population to starve.
In Pakistan for example (I know it is not in Africa) very few people pay tax (even the MPs and prime minister) so the money is not "spread around" the whole population, leaving many very poor people. And we give aid to Pakistan !
India has more millionaires than the UK, but again few pay tax and money is not shared around, leaving millions very poor. India has their own space program, but again we give aid to India.
This is why when Asians come here from Pakistan and India they do all they can to avoid paying tax (as they don't in their own country) and the idea that they can be given money by the state (child benefit) to have more children amazes them, hence their over breeding.
The rich ones line their own pockets, and own all the large companies, leaving the mass of the population to starve.
In Pakistan for example (I know it is not in Africa) very few people pay tax (even the MPs and prime minister) so the money is not "spread around" the whole population, leaving many very poor people. And we give aid to Pakistan !
India has more millionaires than the UK, but again few pay tax and money is not shared around, leaving millions very poor. India has their own space program, but again we give aid to India.
This is why when Asians come here from Pakistan and India they do all they can to avoid paying tax (as they don't in their own country) and the idea that they can be given money by the state (child benefit) to have more children amazes them, hence their over breeding.
UK breeding statistics.
The Office of National Statistics says the local authorities with the three highest percentages of families with three or more dependent children (Tower Hamlets, Newham and Birmingham) are also local authorities with high percentages of people of Pakistani or Bangladeshi ethnicity. For example in Tower Hamlets, a third of people had Pakistani or Bangladeshi ethnicity – the highest percentage of all local authorities in England and Wales. For comparison, across England and Wales, 3 per cent of people had Bangladeshi or Pakistani ethnicity.
The Office of National Statistics says the local authorities with the three highest percentages of families with three or more dependent children (Tower Hamlets, Newham and Birmingham) are also local authorities with high percentages of people of Pakistani or Bangladeshi ethnicity. For example in Tower Hamlets, a third of people had Pakistani or Bangladeshi ethnicity – the highest percentage of all local authorities in England and Wales. For comparison, across England and Wales, 3 per cent of people had Bangladeshi or Pakistani ethnicity.
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Income Tax was introduced to raise money for the Napoleonic Wars. But the Government got used to it and have been taking money off of us ever since. Paying income tax is not that great a system, hard to collect, unfair, easily avoided.
The fact that some countries do not do income tax is not necessarily a bad thing.
Income Tax was introduced to raise money for the Napoleonic Wars. But the Government got used to it and have been taking money off of us ever since. Paying income tax is not that great a system, hard to collect, unfair, easily avoided.
The fact that some countries do not do income tax is not necessarily a bad thing.
My partner regularly flies between the UK and South Africa. A few weeks ago she was unable to get a seat on either of the two usual airlines she uses and her travel agent booked her on to an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Johannesburg to London.
But they do not fly direct and she had to change planes at Addis Ababa. She said the aircraft were good and the flight staff excellent. But her description of the airport during her four hour stopover fell into line with what I most people envisage the country to be like: virtually no facilities and very few, basic toilets
But they do not fly direct and she had to change planes at Addis Ababa. She said the aircraft were good and the flight staff excellent. But her description of the airport during her four hour stopover fell into line with what I most people envisage the country to be like: virtually no facilities and very few, basic toilets
// would you get out of bed to pick fruit if you were going to get £2.50 an hour and only 18 hours work a week and have to live in a shed? /
No. And neither do the eastern Europeans.
Would you get out of bed to work a full week at or above the minimum wage and be properly hosed? Unfortunately many long term unemployed won't.
No. And neither do the eastern Europeans.
Would you get out of bed to work a full week at or above the minimum wage and be properly hosed? Unfortunately many long term unemployed won't.
//neither do the eastern Europeans.//
that's true, up to a point. those that tend to get stuck in this particular trap are those who find themselves in the "grey" economy. so whose is the bigger crime - those trying to better themselves? or those who seek to take advantage of them in the most ruthless of manners?
that's true, up to a point. those that tend to get stuck in this particular trap are those who find themselves in the "grey" economy. so whose is the bigger crime - those trying to better themselves? or those who seek to take advantage of them in the most ruthless of manners?
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