Zimbabwe government has just US$217 (£138) in its account!
Jacoby wrote:
visagrunt wrote:
There are two essential differences with the US, though:
First, the US has to issue debt in order to print money. Second, people are still willing to buy US dollars.
First, the US has to issue debt in order to print money. Second, people are still willing to buy US dollars.
For now.
I'm sure this US Debtpocalypse that the Peter Schiffs of the world have promised us is just around the corner ... any minute now.
The Austerians and pop Austrians have a record embarrassing even to Harold Camping.
I have relatives there.
They were forced off their land -- said land was given to the blacks. Said blacks knew nothing of farming and ran it into the ground. The government asked the whites to come back (from South Africa). So much irony.
(When I say "blacks" and "whites", I'm referring to the segregation -- it never leads anywhere good, as you have two groups that don't like one another and no one benefits coming from it. Always good to treat all the same -- it helps so much down the track.)
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I have relatives there.
They were forced off their land -- said land was given to the blacks. Said blacks knew nothing of farming and ran it into the ground. The government asked the whites to come back (from South Africa). So much irony.
(When I say "blacks" and "whites", I'm referring to the segregation -- it never leads anywhere good, as you have two groups that don't like one another and no one benefits coming from it. Always good to treat all the same -- it helps so much down the track.)
They were forced off their land -- said land was given to the blacks. Said blacks knew nothing of farming and ran it into the ground. The government asked the whites to come back (from South Africa). So much irony.
(When I say "blacks" and "whites", I'm referring to the segregation -- it never leads anywhere good, as you have two groups that don't like one another and no one benefits coming from it. Always good to treat all the same -- it helps so much down the track.)
Malawi does a decent job in tobacco farming, having taken Zimbabwe's spot in that market, the leading cash crop. As soon as the Rhodies lost their tobacco farms black Malawi took it up and became a leading tobacco producer. This shows that black people can grow tobacco. The problem became that the market collapsed recently and Malawi's "miracle" evaporated and they reported that when their President recently died that people celebrated that!
xenon13 wrote:
Malawi does a decent job in tobacco farming, having taken Zimbabwe's spot in that market, the leading cash crop. As soon as the Rhodies lost their tobacco farms black Malawi took it up and became a leading tobacco producer. This shows that black people can grow tobacco. The problem became that the market collapsed recently and Malawi's "miracle" evaporated and they reported that when their President recently died that people celebrated that!
It's nothing to do with white or black people. It's to do with the way that people who knew what they were doing with the land were kicked out and the land given to a group of people that didn't know what they were doing and so it perished.
It's the same with anybody.
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Tequila wrote:
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Zimbabwean government bank balance 'down to $217'
The paltry amount cast doubt over claims of a slow economic recovery and raised fresh questions about the fate of the country's diamond revenues – officials say almost $685m worth were sold last year.
"Last week when we paid civil servants there was $217 [left] in government coffers," Tendai Biti, the finance minster, told journalists in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday, noting that some of them have healthier bank balances than the state. "The government finances are in a paralysis state at the present moment. We are failing to meet our targets."
- Finance minister tells journalists some of them have healthier accounts than the state
The paltry amount cast doubt over claims of a slow economic recovery and raised fresh questions about the fate of the country's diamond revenues – officials say almost $685m worth were sold last year.
"Last week when we paid civil servants there was $217 [left] in government coffers," Tendai Biti, the finance minster, told journalists in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday, noting that some of them have healthier bank balances than the state. "The government finances are in a paralysis state at the present moment. We are failing to meet our targets."
There's skint and then there is Zimbabwe.
If I'd known Zimbabwe was that poor, I'd have probably donated or 'taken' half of the proceeds from my future lottery win, and put it into habitation for protected species such as Cecil, some guy Palmer has been watching too much Jungle Book and getting off on royalties with a sadist outlook on animal welfare and maybe even poor farmers who do too much not to really overlook such a thing.
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If I'd known Zimbabwe was that poor, I'd have probably donated or 'taken' half of the proceeds from my future lottery win, and put it into habitation for protected species such as Cecil, some guy Palmer has been watching too much Jungle Book and getting off on royalties with a sadist outlook on animal welfare and maybe even poor farmers who do too much not to really overlook such a thing.
Here's a recent Time story about this:
How many animals are killed in Zimbabwe each year?
http://time.com/3978116/zimbabwe-cecil- ... er-palmer/
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Here's a recent Time story about this:
How many animals are killed in Zimbabwe each year?
http://time.com/3978116/zimbabwe-cecil- ... er-palmer/
Seeing as I created that thread and you happened to respond to it, I don’t see why you are posting here telling me about it, also, you could always sponsor a lion, if you felt this personally.
Just a symbol of another ill fated member with shrewd connections
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Moonshine wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Here's a recent Time story about this:
How many animals are killed in Zimbabwe each year?
http://time.com/3978116/zimbabwe-cecil- ... er-palmer/
Seeing as I created that thread and you happened to respond to it, I don’t see why you are posting here telling me about it, also, you could always sponsor a lion, if you felt this personally.
Just a symbol of another ill fated member with shrewd connections
It's related to this topic, you see, because it's how the government gets money. This is one of their industries. Hunting tourism. I thought you should know about it. You seem to take an interest in this subject so I thought I would help out.
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Moonshine wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Here's a recent Time story about this:
How many animals are killed in Zimbabwe each year?
http://time.com/3978116/zimbabwe-cecil- ... er-palmer/
Seeing as I created that thread and you happened to respond to it, I don’t see why you are posting here telling me about it, also, you could always sponsor a lion, if you felt this personally.
Just a symbol of another ill fated member with shrewd connections
It's related to this topic, you see, because it's how the government gets money. This is one of their industries. Hunting tourism. I thought you should know about it. You seem to take an interest in this subject so I thought I would help out.
Hmm, yeah, and I was actually thinking, instead of making things look even more transparent about what you’re up to, I suggest you stop going around calling people POACHERS without actually knowing them.
I know perfectly well which ‘topic’ you are referring to, and I left it as an open ended thread for people to share their thoughts, if you want to go around posting loads of hateful comments because that’s just what you’re used to, I suggest you head up your own topic and see how much natural interest comes from it.
In case you don’t understand the offence taken that is.
If you’ve got an opinion on the person who went around killing animals, maybe you should try writing about that and not go posting around an unspoken written sentiment that I’ve put there and, you wouldn’t possibly know nothing about.
Just because you’ve got as many posts as you have, and friends posted all over the forum, maybe you could all go find some humility of your own, and stop name shaming and heading up the programme your way because next time I WON’T reply.
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"My answer lies in the eighth wonder and not The Theory of Absolutely Everything"
"Women are made to be loved, not understood."
Moonshine wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Moonshine wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Here's a recent Time story about this:
How many animals are killed in Zimbabwe each year?
http://time.com/3978116/zimbabwe-cecil- ... er-palmer/
Seeing as I created that thread and you happened to respond to it, I don’t see why you are posting here telling me about it, also, you could always sponsor a lion, if you felt this personally.
Just a symbol of another ill fated member with shrewd connections
It's related to this topic, you see, because it's how the government gets money. This is one of their industries. Hunting tourism. I thought you should know about it. You seem to take an interest in this subject so I thought I would help out.
Hmm, yeah, and I was actually thinking, instead of making things look even more transparent about what you’re up to, I suggest you stop going around calling people POACHERS without actually knowing them.
I know perfectly well which ‘topic’ you are referring to, and I left it as an open ended thread for people to share their thoughts, if you want to go around posting loads of hateful comments because that’s just what you’re used to, I suggest you head up your own topic and see how much natural interest comes from it.
In case you don’t understand the offence taken that is.
If you’ve got an opinion on the person who went around killing animals, maybe you should try writing about that and not go posting around an unspoken written sentiment that I’ve put there and, you wouldn’t possibly know nothing about.
Just because you’ve got as many posts as you have, and friends posted all over the forum, maybe you could all go find some humility of your own, and stop name shaming and heading up the programme your way because next time I WON’T reply.
Suit yourself.
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