tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post114793516076073268..comments2023-04-12T12:47:42.615+03:00Comments on AnTyx: Infrastructure and industryantyxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-1154072406310037972006-07-28T10:40:00.000+03:002006-07-28T10:40:00.000+03:001) The money gets put into the most basic bits of ...1) The money gets put into the most basic bits of infrastructure that ensure survival, but not development. <BR/><BR/>2) Those countries don't have a stable history of emigrants sending back money (particularly Soviet refugees who in fact couldn't). Ireland's economic miracle is the direct result of the government and the EU spending like mad on infrastructure.<BR/><BR/>3) Marxism was a logical, antyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567309109757565293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16421782.post-1152629402352690262006-07-11T17:50:00.000+03:002006-07-11T17:50:00.000+03:001) Money is money. It's liquid. It's silly to say ...1) Money is money. It's liquid. It's silly to say that remittances don't get spent on infrastructure. Does the family spend only on consummables? How the hell did the produce get to market? Did the seller pay taxes and/or bribes? Money is money.<BR/><BR/>2) Proving that foreign aid doesn't work because "generations continue to emigrate" is bunk. Countries that two, three generation ago had large Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com