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>Hi Mr. Naik, Using your reason, Goa (and the rest of the world) should not have any luxury / comforting amenities till the last 'left-behind individual' has >been brought up to the average standards. It is not that, but policies should be drawn such that those who are left-behind get helped. >Should India not have any centers of higher education like graduate and post-graduate universities, satellites, e-mail facilities, automobiles till there are enough of PRIMARY SCHOOLS, HEALTH CENTRES, ROADS etc for >all its citizens? PCC is a Congress party and not a Communist party. Education is different from throwing parties on bridges at tax payer's expense, and spending huge money on multiplexes which will go unoccupied most of the times after IFFI not to mention that these are given to private parties on a platter. >If I could add from my rudimentary knowledge of economics and political science, whatever the government (and others) spend goes into somebody's pocket and ... then into another person's take, and.... then another >person's receives the money. This is the RIPPLE EFFECT of spending So, give all the govt's money to some favoured party in Mumbai; and yes the ripple effect will people's stomachs in Goa. What a pathetic argument? >(compared to hoarded money or gold). It is estimated that one unit (Rupee) of government expenditure can generate up to seven fold of private capital -gain/circulation. Then the government collects taxes every time private citizens exchange THAT MONEY for necessities, merchandise, services etc. Thus Goans are better served by the government empowering Goans to seek/ purchase education, healthcare etc. rather than putting THAT MONEY down a (never ending) government 'sink-hole' where the consumer has no choice and expects to receive the social benefits (that you have outlined) as a right/ handout /give away. >This leads to abuse and waste. Please note that the Goan treasury has gone bankrupt because all the money has been doled out to friends and buddies in Mumbai or in Goa. If this is your concept of economics, then you should pass all your savings to me, Gilbertbab, and I will take enough care that the ripple effect will take place when I spend ; the ripple effect, in you very own argument, should even take care of you in turn!!! regards, Samir Kelekar >The Real cost/ gain of the Multiplex and IFFI is promoting private enterprise! Now it is for Goans to take advantage and make the best of it. >Regards, GL Supporting private enterprise is different from distributing money in a corrupt fashion to buddies. I have been shouting hoarse that yes, young entrepreneurs ought to be helped. No where is this need more evident than in the field of IT, which is a budding field where there are enough trained Goans already! regards, Samir Kelekar SHANTARAM NAIKEx-M.P. Ex-President, Goa PCC, 2137, Near Swami Math, Gogol,Margao 403 602 0832-2759555 9822159161 19th Nov.2004 600 PRIMARY SCHOOLS 500 HEALTH CENTRES,200 Kms OF ROADS MEANS MULTIPLEX How much Goa has lost by way of developmental projects, with the Goa Government having invested Rs 30 crores (Rs 300 million) to build cinema theatres (multiplex), in Panaji Goa, when no Chief Minister of any State in our country would ever do so at the cost of much needed investments in health, sanitation, education, electricity roads etc? With thirty crores rupees, the government could have built an hospital like Victor Apollo in Margao which was erected at a cost 20 crores only. Government could have constructed 600 Primary Schools or 500 health centers or more than 200 kms of road at the same cost of 30 crores. A chief minister who does not understand the basics of priorities in a developing country, must be rated No 1 from the bottom in any performance evaluation exercise and Goa Chief Minister, perhaps may achieve that feat, soon. Those who get carried away by the glitter of multiplex at Panaji fail to understand that the project has not only robbed poor and middle class Goans, but that, their loss has been doubled as the project, ordinarily could not have cost not more than 15 crores. To complete the process of participation of the Goa Government by way of investment of public money in an unprecedented manner in an uncalled for project, the Chief Minister should now post his ministers as ticket-checkers at the four theatres in the multiplex building.
