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Kishor
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Posted: 04/Jan/2012 at 10:45am |
Yesterday in BBC i heard Nigeria has removed subsidies for petrol.
Just thinking such a poor country's Governemnt has taken such a bold stand.Eventhough they have Oil,still they took such a bold step.The prices of all items will certainly go up in the short term but in the long term the effect wont be that bad.Just thinking about our Govts,they can't take any decisions -good or bad.
A poor country's Govt has stood up to the reality.
Another news also was there,Singapore's Prime minsiter's salary was cut by 36% with effect from date of his being appointed as PM.Evenafter the cut he earns 4 times more than Barak Obama.Still the fact they cut the salary stands out.
regards
Kishor
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shontou
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Posted: 06/Jan/2012 at 3:29pm |
What is harm if the corrupt join BJP? At least they become patriotic!!
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Every day, self-proclaimed stock market "experts" tell us why the market just went up or down, as if they really knew. So where were they yesterday?
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1234
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Posted: 06/Jan/2012 at 5:29pm |
patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel
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wildandfree
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Posted: 06/Jan/2012 at 11:40pm |
Originally posted by 1234
patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel |
In this country its the first...
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kiranr
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Posted: 20/Jan/2012 at 6:20pm |
Our country lacks leaders who are smart and honest. Most of our leaders are smart and dishonest. Remember Buffet's quote about such people? They are the most dangerous people.
Our country is currently ranked at 132 out of 183 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index maintained by the World Bank. We need reforms and better policies with stronger judiciary to lift us out of this chaos and mess that we find ourselves in.
Nehru, while being an excellent leader, committed the ultimate sin of using socialism to govern our country. His lack of belief in our country's people to chart a better future of themselves set our country back many decades in terms of genuine progress. Needless to say, his model, which was taken many steps further by his daughter, spawned corruption in such a large scale in our country that we have now accepted it as a normal part of our lives.
Even with the little liberalization post-1991, we still have a lot of socialistic tendencies like the NREGA, FSB and an assortment of our subsidies. All this will only serve to block the ingenuity of our people and prevent genuine progress that we, so thoroughly, deserve.
My only hope is that we get smart and honest leaders who realize this and usher in some major reforms that can propel our country to greater heights. Sadly, i dont see anyone capable of this as socialism has become a huge part of our national psyche.
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subu76
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Posted: 20/Jan/2012 at 8:10am |
I think part of the cribbing by industrialists is related to the general slow down and the realization that even the super rich may have to go to jail. In the meantime in Andhra a shipping industry businessman is given the ports portfolio
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LearningToFly
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Posted: 21/Jan/2012 at 1:11pm |
Number 132 out of 183. This means our politicians are not smart and dishonest. They are of average intelligence and dishonest.
Originally posted by kiranr
Our country lacks leaders who are smart and honest. Most of our leaders are smart and dishonest. Remember Buffet's quote about such people? They are the most dangerous people.
Our country is currently ranked at 132 out of 183 countries in the Ease of Doing Business Index maintained by the World Bank. We need reforms and better policies with stronger judiciary to lift us out of this chaos and mess that we find ourselves in.
Nehru, while being an excellent leader, committed the ultimate sin of using socialism to govern our country. His lack of belief in our country's people to chart a better future of themselves set our country back many decades in terms of genuine progress. Needless to say, his model, which was taken many steps further by his daughter, spawned corruption in such a large scale in our country that we have now accepted it as a normal part of our lives.
Even with the little liberalization post-1991, we still have a lot of socialistic tendencies like the NREGA, FSB and an assortment of our subsidies. All this will only serve to block the ingenuity of our people and prevent genuine progress that we, so thoroughly, deserve.
My only hope is that we get smart and honest leaders who realize this and usher in some major reforms that can propel our country to greater heights. Sadly, i dont see anyone capable of this as socialism has become a huge part of our national psyche.
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Success... at all cost.
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kiranr
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Posted: 21/Jan/2012 at 6:38pm |
Originally posted by LearningToFly
Number 132 out of 183. This means our politicians are not smart and dishonest. They are of average intelligence and dishonest.
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They are smart for their own benefit. They could have easily improved our ranking considering that some of them are highly educated people. But, sadly, it is in their interest to not introduce reforms as freeing up our system will mean no opportunities for them to become billionaires while elected.
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