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--- On Thu, 13/11/08, Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] The Exact Role and Definition of NRI's in Goa
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
> <[email protected]>
> Received: Thursday, 13 November, 2008, 11:35 PM
>
> Let me also state categorically, that it is the influx of
> foreign remittances that keeps Goa's economy bouyed.
> Money earned by the sweat of their brow, not by demeaning
> themselves or prostituting themselves in shady deals and
> get-rick-quick schemes which are all too common in Goa.
Correct me if I'm wrong. I understand that a few years ago, when India was
facing bankrupcy/shortage of foreign currency, it was the NRIs who propped up
the country's finances by sending money back home.
> So if those Goans in Goa who demean NRIs had any integrity,
> they would duly acknowledge the contribution of this
> community.
Selma, the "Goans in *India* who demean NRIs" particularly attacked those in
Australia and UK, not necessarily those in the Gulf - I think it is because of
the false perception that those in Australia and the UK have it easy. Little do
they realise that we Aussies pay as much as 45% of our income in taxes. That
what remains, after meeting daily expenses and the mortgage loan payments (a
mortgage loan, for those who don't know, is the long-term loan taken from a
bank to pay off the purchase of one's own home), is a pittance.
I really feel for the newcomers to Australia, as house-prices have really hit
the roof - I understand the same has happened in the UK, though these days, the
prices have slid down a little this side of the pond. What has kept the prices
from sliding all the way are the reductions in interest rates, nearly 2% in the
last few months (some banks have yet to roll out the reductions made by the
Reserve Bank).
Cheers,
Gabriel.
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