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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Elisabeth Carvalho wrote: > > Dear Mario, > You've raised exactly the points that need to be > discussed in context with this issue. > > There are many countries that encourage immigration. > Canada, the Gulf countries, the EU (in part) and > even the US and Australia in the 70s and 80s. This > is because they need the actual numbers to make up > the workforce. > Mario observes: > Elisabeth, > Kudos for initiating these stimulating ideas. > I have no problem with your concerns, your trenchant analysis, your provocative title or with your raising these important issues for discussion, only with the notion that the local government can, or even should, control the flow of labor into Goa or with what anyone should be paid. Their priority should be the security and safety of everyone living in or visiting Goa, Goan and non-Goan alike. > BTW, the nagging notion among many Goans that Goa can somehow be "protected" from other Indians is likely to have about the same success as King Canute who tried and failed to stop the tide from coming in. That issue was determined in 1961 and has been accelerating since. > When politicians and government bureaucrats make micro-economic supply and demand decisions it always makes matters worse, if not for the specific sector being "helped", then certainly for the rest of the population, in terms of price levels and supply allocations, which then have a negative ripple effect on the entire local economy. > No bureaucrat anywhere has found a way to efficiently allocate resources of either labor or material. Such extreme socialism is disappearing around the world after trying for decades, leaving extreme socialism only in dictatorships, in countries with God-given natural resources currently in demand, or in relatively small economies. > Also, I don't think you can compare Goa, a state, with entire countries. Most, if not all, of the empty bellies you speak of are coming to Goa from other states in India. > The conclusion has to be that business owners in Goa cannot find local Goans to do the same quantity and quality of work for the same wages, in spite of a natural preference for locals for reasons of language and communications, the lifeblood of a business. > Besides, my impression is that educated and uneducated Goans alike are looking elsewhere for their employment. > The next time you vist Goa I will introduce you to some people who have made their living in Goa for decades by starting and running fairly large businesses there using a combination of Goan and non-Goan labor. They will give to a real-life explanation of why they are hiring non-Goan labor and not holding out for an entirely Goan work force. > Regarding zero unemployment, for many reasons based on economic principles, no country has found a way to reduce their unemployment to zero, even those actively "importing" workers from overseas. It has to do with varying abilities and training, unwillingness to moving to where the jobs are, unwillingness to do certain kinds of work, etc, etc. > My advice to the Goan diaspora remains simple and practical and doable in part by almost everyone in the diaspora, "Go to Goa as often as possible, patronize local businesses, buy some property, build a house, invest in or start a business, find out what that's like, pay and treat your domestic workers fairly, and let the economic ripple effect take it's course." > While doing this, let the discussions based on ten opinions for every five Goans continue over a refreshing or intoxicating adult beverage - starting with home-made fenny and Belo Beer :-)) > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)