tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724177439519828268.post5027729625151240300..comments2023-10-09T08:34:15.312-07:00Comments on Norzah's Thoughts On Life: The Cycle of Goodness (the COG)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724177439519828268.post-79315759061305381122012-09-11T10:16:32.132-07:002012-09-11T10:16:32.132-07:00Thank you for the comment, Akhi Halim. Missed you ...Thank you for the comment, Akhi Halim. Missed you for quite a while.<br />The poor have always been sidelined in many cases where government does not give them a special attention. The bulk of development funds normally goes to those who are able to grab the offer quickly and are able to use the opportunities given by government. The poor often could not even get their hands on the lucrative offer since they are naive and not as resourceful as the people with money to work for them.<br /><br />So what the poor can get are the direct handouts like BRIM. But how far can RM500 go?<br /> norzahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325162246693348711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7724177439519828268.post-42451072314772987302012-09-11T06:53:38.219-07:002012-09-11T06:53:38.219-07:00Akhi,
On my visit to Uzbekistan in 1991, the count...Akhi,<br />On my visit to Uzbekistan in 1991, the country was just being detached from the apron strings of the USSR, but the new bureaucracy was just a shadow of their former masters. Upon talking to the lower rung officials, they still thought that the former Communist regime was better in the sense that there were very few who had no roof over their heads as the State provided every family a decent accommodation and free housing. I could not see even a beggar on the streets. But I do not know what is the situation now. Probably there are homeless people too, just like in our Federal capital. This is the bane of capitalism, where the dirt poor are left to fend for themselves,despite the existence of the Welfare Dept. who just could not manage to take the dastardly poor into their old-folks home.abdulhalimshahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238556448779778756noreply@blogger.com