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ForgoTheConsequence

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3. Lost their way?

Reply to MichiganVote (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:56 PM

Nov 2012

They've done what they had to do to survive. That country has been fucked over by everyone and their mother.

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$0.62 per hour Factory Jobs In Haiti "Not ‘Perfect’ But A Start," says Clinton [View all] HiPointDem Nov 2012 OP

You know, Haiti b/f the French colonialism was a paradise of forests MichiganVote Nov 2012 #1

more haitians = less forest, same thing applies everywhere else too nt msongs Nov 2012 #2

Actually it was the French who began denuding the country of its resources MichiganVote Nov 2012 #7

Lost their way? ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #3

They only survive by the grace of others. Its not a country that lives. MichiganVote Nov 2012 #6

Oh right. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #8

I don't think you and I have a disagreement. To read/learn the history of Haiti MichiganVote Nov 2012 #9

I'm aware of it. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #12

It's rather more "they survive despite the grace of others." (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #10

And that could be. Climate change will result in desperation in many MichiganVote Nov 2012 #11

by the grace of others? wtf? they survive *despite* the pernicious "grace" of others. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #18

I am referring to the worldwide network of foundations/churches MichiganVote Nov 2012 #22

that network makes money off the deal. despite all those helping hands, half a HiPointDem Nov 2012 #29

The way I see it LukeFL Nov 2012 #4

That's another example of no government no infrastructure and no resources.Sadly anything will help. The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #5

Sounds like Heaven, as interpreted by Grover Norquist leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #15

hmmm. nt limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #13

why should foreign companies KT2000 Nov 2012 #14

It's just a start Teamster Jeff Nov 2012 #16

bingo!!!! We have a winner. wilsonbooks Nov 2012 #21

Look at how industry in the US began? We had child labor, slavelike wages. Yes it's not RB TexLa Nov 2012 #17

haitians have had factories where they could work for peanuts for some time. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #19

yes, it was poor wages before the earthquake newspeak Nov 2012 #27

Yep. We figured out how to export the Triangle Shirtwaist Company overseas raouldukelives Nov 2012 #24

There were factories in Haiti since the 50s---introduced by the Americans under Papa Doc. vaberella Nov 2012 #34

"it's mostly funneling back to westerners -- contractors, NGOs, religious groups" Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #20

case of .62 beats the hell out of 0 JCMach1 Nov 2012 #23

If it leads to something better bhikkhu Nov 2012 #25

getting fed in a prison may be better than starving on the streets, but who would HiPointDem Nov 2012 #30

American prisons would be superior to most of the slums in this world... JCMach1 Nov 2012 #32

WTF? marmar Nov 2012 #36

guess the answer to my question is...jcmach1 would.... HiPointDem Nov 2012 #37

It can be really, really, really bad JCMach1 Nov 2012 #38

This is the Shock Doctrine. tblue Nov 2012 #26

+1 HiPointDem Nov 2012 #31

appears our minimum standards are pretty welll.....minimum dembotoz Nov 2012 #28

“All cultures forged by nations ~ Zorra Nov 2012 #33

As a Haitian person and knowing Haitian people. They are quick to read slavery when they see it. vaberella Nov 2012 #35