Genuine development does not stop with the mere completion of yet another high-rise condominium building in the city, or the influx of foreign investors. The way I see it, development is when a worker ceases to be a perpetual minimum-wage contractual employee. It’s when the prices of goods go down and the people’s salaries go up. It’s when students need no longer drop out of school because of tuition increases. It’s when a breadwinner goes to work not worrying if his day’s wages will be enough to feed his family. It’s when a farmer tills his own land and not some hacendero’s. It’s when children need no longer sell their bodies to foreigners just to quiet their grumbling stomachs. Genuine development is one that is for the masses and not for the oligarchs.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:52:20 +0000
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