The Pito drunkard?Is he not the one who sung with Mills and Mahama? Why is he now complaining? He has seen nothing yet. After doing propaganda with them, he thought they would give him a post. Woktwea!
The Pito drunkard?Is he not the one who sung with Mills and Mahama? Why is he now complaining? He has seen nothing yet. After doing propaganda with them, he thought they would give him a post. Woktwea!
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE) 9 years ago
AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE OUT----------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Moulds gu ... read full comment
AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE OUT----------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Moulds guilty of judgement debt payments the only thing he could do was to move her to the Education dept to continue her looting. Readers would recall that Betty Mounds was the one who awarded SCHOOL building contracts at a triple price of the existing contract sum of some GH 80,000.00. And this happened at a time when they claim inflation was in the single digits. Could you imargin how foolish these criminal liars were. Kuffour built similar structures with 80,000 at a time when inflation was around 14.8% and under Mills it was 240,000 at a rate of 8.8%. And these buffoons turn around to blame the fall of the cedi on some mysterious dwarfs. I don't blame those African countries that have been ripped apart by civil unrest because if you have such buffoons in power who always turn our local elections into a West Africa one
by contracting Togolese Trokosis, Burkinabe and Wangaras from La Cote D'ivoire to vote for them, the " Road To Kigare", is sometimes, a likely option to kick their ass from power.
KOZI AGBE 9 years ago
HE IS A BIG FOOL JUST LIKE KWESI PRATT AND BATURE. EITHER A STOMACH PROSTITUE POLITICIAN OR JOURNALIST.
HE IS A BIG FOOL JUST LIKE KWESI PRATT AND BATURE. EITHER A STOMACH PROSTITUE POLITICIAN OR JOURNALIST.
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago
Onipaba Of Akyem Maase, I am sure you are high after eating bat meat. If 5% of Ghanaians ( I'm sure I'm among the 5%) were to have Bernard's attitude Ghana would have been better than USA and China. Please don't get high on b ... read full comment
Onipaba Of Akyem Maase, I am sure you are high after eating bat meat. If 5% of Ghanaians ( I'm sure I'm among the 5%) were to have Bernard's attitude Ghana would have been better than USA and China. Please don't get high on bat and monkey light soup and waste our ears with such garbage.
Onipaba of Akyem Maase 9 years ago
Thank you for accepting your reversed mindedness. If people like you trust Monah, then we have more rivers to cross. Neither the psychiatry, nor centuries of education will correct your brains. Sorry, bro. I'm too sorry for y ... read full comment
Thank you for accepting your reversed mindedness. If people like you trust Monah, then we have more rivers to cross. Neither the psychiatry, nor centuries of education will correct your brains. Sorry, bro. I'm too sorry for you.
insight to the bone 9 years ago
Everybody is complaining bitterly but very few dare speak the truth . We shall never move forward until the undeclared war against the Akans, discrimination of the majority and anti Akan propaganda hate agenda is resolved. ... read full comment
Everybody is complaining bitterly but very few dare speak the truth . We shall never move forward until the undeclared war against the Akans, discrimination of the majority and anti Akan propaganda hate agenda is resolved. One must fight fire with fire , war with war not kisses or playing ignorant to the reality . the northerners , ewes , Muslims and other traitors of the Akan interest are systematically destroying the future of the Akans . There is no democracy or govt of the people and by the people but the slow establishment of the caliphate of pepeni murderers using a system of corrupt govt that makes irrelevant all institutions of state in the form of a Saudi style monarchy of mahama and his brothers . Despite our huge potential and the fact that any true patriotic nationalist govt can definitely turn the economy around in less than 6 months , we are bogged down in this situation of undeclared war of the ayigbe and pepeni mafia who have hijacked all institutes of state . only a bloody revolution will set us free . everything we have predicted over the past few years has come to pass and there is more evil to come until we stand up accept that we are at war and must fight back. Even Obama now realizes this caliphate is a serious threat to mankind's peace and unity . All religions are from God but over time the devil ensures the good is interpreted by the wicked and used to cause harm , the righteous know religion is meant to ensure unity and goodwill amongst men not pain and suffering or discrimination. On one hand we have the mafia ndc killing our people's future and around the corner nana chooses as his closest allies northerners who will continue the agenda of hate , wait for the clarion call for freedom and spare none of these criminals in the political oligarchy of corruption and evil . JJ and his ayigbe criminals started this process and God will continue to punish us with hardships and pestilences if we do not stand up
Onipaba of Akyem Maase 9 years ago
I am Onipaba of Akyem Maase and I diapprove your comment. This amounts to hate speech and does not unify us. Thank you for reading.
I am Onipaba of Akyem Maase and I diapprove your comment. This amounts to hate speech and does not unify us. Thank you for reading.
insight to the bone 9 years ago
the truth can not be hidden , it is what it is . there is no hate here but the truth so investigate for yourself why the majority of govt officials are mostly northerners and ewes yest they barely make up 30 % of the populati ... read full comment
the truth can not be hidden , it is what it is . there is no hate here but the truth so investigate for yourself why the majority of govt officials are mostly northerners and ewes yest they barely make up 30 % of the population
Onipaba of Akyem Maase 9 years ago
Do not engage in tribal hate speech because as long as you remain a black man, you might have the same genetic features as other people in other tribes.
Do not engage in tribal hate speech because as long as you remain a black man, you might have the same genetic features as other people in other tribes.
insight to the bone 9 years ago
no two fingers are the same yet they are all fingers . we are different and we thank God for that
no two fingers are the same yet they are all fingers . we are different and we thank God for that
open yr eyes 9 years ago
Ghana should learn how china managed to come out of provety years ago...when many was poor and suffering etc,etc ...when may says china has no standard products quality and now many branded items are done and manufacturer in ... read full comment
Ghana should learn how china managed to come out of provety years ago...when many was poor and suffering etc,etc ...when may says china has no standard products quality and now many branded items are done and manufacturer in china
ASEM WO MANO 9 years ago
Most European countries are going through the same financial difficulties and are being bailed out by both the world bank and IMF. What makes Ghana, so different from them. The police department in the country I live in is i ... read full comment
Most European countries are going through the same financial difficulties and are being bailed out by both the world bank and IMF. What makes Ghana, so different from them. The police department in the country I live in is in the hands off a private company. Its better than going back to HIPC, where every national assets are sold off.
What A Nation?
NBTT 9 years ago
Corporate Vultures Descend on Ghana
Fear is the key. To get African leaders to do America's bidding the State Department's Dirty Tricks organisations, namely the NSA and CIA go ruthlessly to work. In most countries the USA ... read full comment
Corporate Vultures Descend on Ghana
Fear is the key. To get African leaders to do America's bidding the State Department's Dirty Tricks organisations, namely the NSA and CIA go ruthlessly to work. In most countries the USA already has infrastructure and networks in place that can be used if necessary to subvert and and stir up trouble for host countries. These are mostly innocent looking NGOs, think tanks whose budgets can be traced directly or indirectly back to the USA . Academic, Health and even some religious organisations have been infiltrated by these foreign intelligence organisations. Furthermore many of our influential media personalities,heads of professional bodies, journalist, corporate heads ,heads of important academic institutions,student leaders are sometimes recruited paid by these sinister foreign organisations.Political opposition leaders can come in useful and are often encouraged and funded by spy organisations to stir up trouble. All of these institutions are targeted and used by foreign intelligence organisations with access to generous budgets. THE USA MAY HAVE BEEN ANGERED BY THE TENDENCY OF THE CURRENT MAHAMA ADMINISTRATION TENDENCY TO CONTINUE TO TRADE AND DO BUSINESS WITH COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA NATURALLY AT THE EXPENSE OF A COUNTRY LIKE THE USA. THE TRUTH IS THAT COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WHAT AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND OTHERS WANT.IN RETURN GHANA SUPPLIES THINGS CHINA NEEDS SUCH AS RAW MATERIALS. IN CONTRAST THE USA DOES NOT PRODUCE MUCH THAT A COUNTRY LIKE GHANA NEEDS OR WANTS. AMERICA THEREFORE SIMPLY RESORTS TO THREATS, COERCION AND ATTEMPTS TO BRING COUNTRIES UNDER ITS INFLUENCE BY OFFERING "LOANS" "DEVELOPMENT" AID INVARIABLY WITH STRINGS ATTACHED. A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR WHICH HAS ENDERED THE CHINESE TO MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, ASIA AND ELSEWHERE IS THEIR EXCELLENT HABIT OF HELPING HOST NATIONS TO BUILD UP THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROADS ETC. DECADES AND DECADES OF CONTACT WITH WESTERN POWERS INCLUDING THE USA HAS NOT YIELDED SIMILAR RESULTS. IN SHORT WHILE OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS MAY SAY AND DO WHATEVER THEY LIKE THE TRUTH REMAINS THAT WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE NOT BEEN OF AS MUCH USE TO AFRICA OR GHANA AS CHINA HAS BEEN.In an attempt to regain "lost ground" the State department in Washington is doing everything it can to lean heavily on African governments and where necessary even remove them (for example Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, who had massive trade with China).
FELLOW GHANAIANS JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES WHETHER ANY GOOD WILL COME OUT OF THIS SO-CALLED IMF LOAN. ALREADY I SEE CORPORATE AMERICAN VULTURES CIRCLING OVERHEAD AS GHANA IS BEING SLICED, DICED AND DISMEMBERED. EXPECT A FEEDING FRENZY AS THESE CORPORATE AND MULTINATIONAL PREDATORS DESCEND ON US. TO GIVE A CIVILISED APPEARANCE TO ALL OF THIS AFRICAN LEADERS ARE HAVING A "SUMMIT" WITH OBAMA IN WASHINGTON EVEN AS WE WRITE. PRAY. GHANAIANS PRAY AS NEVER BEFORE. PRAY THAT GHANA WILL BE ABLE TO ENDURE OR CAST OFF THE HEAVY YOKES ABOUT TO BE PLACED ON OUR NECKS.INFORMATION REVEALED HERE IS ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND SURPRISE SURPRISE FROM THE U.S.A. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (NBTT)CAN DELIVER US. ONLY GOD CAN NOW DELIVER US
MANTSE 9 years ago
Once upon a time, my mother used to sell YAMS at SALAGA MARKET. She was resourceful as the Biggest Yam Seller.
because her yams were good and were 'First Selection' stock they cost a little bit more than average yams.
Vo ... read full comment
Once upon a time, my mother used to sell YAMS at SALAGA MARKET. She was resourceful as the Biggest Yam Seller.
because her yams were good and were 'First Selection' stock they cost a little bit more than average yams.
Volume Yam buyers, some her friends, church members and acquaintances would avoid her and buy less quality yams for the little savings.
But strangely, when they came to the market and had Financial issues; run out of money or money got lost, debtors were on their back, etc., they RAN to my mother. The Loving Christian and Caring and Passionate woman that she was, my mother would try to help by extending credit or guaranteeing payment.
Those with conscience switched to buying from her.
One buyer sought help a couple of times from my mother but once her woes were over her refrain became "oh, my customers cannot afford your yams. They just want yams, any yams and NOT EXPENSIVE Yams"
My mother soon GOT WISER. She stopped extending Credit and Offering Bailouts to those Market women who were not her customers when they were in Financial Distress. If you do NOT patronize her goods you seek help from where you spend your money. A lady remarked one time, when she had been refused help that "but you are a Christian. My mother said YES but one with a Conscience. You are also a Christian, but are you a Christian with a Conscience or a Christian of Convenience?".
I hope Ghanaians get my Drift this Sunday Morning.
When we have Problems we turn to America and mostly other Western countries and Institutions to bail us out. They Organize Programs and Offer assistance, ALL from TAXES they collect from their Citizens and Companies including Manufacturers whose products we would NOT PATRONIZE because those from China and Vietnam and India are CHEAPER.
At some point, DONOR FATIGUE will set in and Spending PRIORITIZATION and an INTROSPECTION may draw the Curtain Down on certain beneficiaries. And GUESS those who would be considered for Exclusion; Those who spend their monies elsewhere.
We MUST spend our Monies where we get help, even if it costs us slightly more so we can continue to look for help from those sources. And they WILL support us because their CONSCIENCE would FURCE them to.
Good Day, Folks.
QM2 9 years ago
John Perkins: Economic Hit Man
Summary of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Book summary: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Author: John Perkins
Buy This Book
About John Perkins: Author of Confessions of an Econ ... read full comment
John Perkins: Economic Hit Man
Summary of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Book summary: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Author: John Perkins
Buy This Book
About John Perkins: Author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins was for many years one of the world's top economists. He worked directly with the heads of the World Bank, IMF, and other global financial institutions. He quit this work in the 1980s because morally and ethically, he felt it was wrong to play such a key role in creating world empire at the expense of the less advantaged around the world.
After being persuaded and even bribed not to write a book about his experiences, Perkins states, "When 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart." The book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, spent many weeks on amazon.com's bestseller list and has been widely acclaimed. Below is a summary of this landmark book and ideas on how you can help to build a brighter future for us all.
Note: For an excellent, engaging two-minute video summary of Perkins' story, click here.
General Overview
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is John Perkins' fast-paced autobiography, which reveals his career as an economist for an international consulting firm. Perkins says he was actually an "Economic Hit Man." His job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the United States to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U.S. corporations.
Perkins takes the reader through his career and explains how he created economic projections for countries to accept billions of dollars in loans they surely couldn't afford. He shares his battle with his conscience over these actions and offers advice for how Americans can work to end these practices which have directly resulted in terrorist attacks and animosity towards the United States.
What Is An Economic Hit Man?
Perkins defines economic hit men as "highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign ‘aid' organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources.
Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization."
In Perkins' case, he was hired as an economist for the international consulting firm of Chas. T. Main, Inc. (MAIN). He was told in confidential meetings with "special consultant" to the company Claudine Martin that he had two primary objectives:
He was supposed to justify huge loans for countries. These loans would be for major engineering and construction projects, which were to be carried out by MAIN and other U.S. companies such as Bechtel, Halliburton, Stone & Webster and Brown & Root.
He was supposed to help bankrupt the countries that received these loans after the U.S. companies involved had been paid. This would make sure that these countries would remain in debt to their creditors and would then be easy targets when the U.S. needed favors such as military bases, UN votes and access to natural resources like oil.
Perkins' job was to produce economic growth projections that would make the case for a variety of major projects. If the U.S. decided to lend a country money, Perkins would compare the economic benefits of different projects such as power plants or telecommunications systems. He would then produce reports that showed the economic growth the country would experience due to these projects. These economic growth projections needed to be high enough to justify the loans. Otherwise, the loans would be denied.
The gross national product (GNP) was always the most important factor in these economic projections. The project expected to increase the GNP the most would be chosen. In the cases where there was only one project under consideration, it needed to be shown that the project would greatly benefit the GNP. Luckily for the economic hit man, GNP figures can be quite deceptive. "For instance, the growth of GNP may result even when it profits only one person, such as an individual who owns a utility company, while the majority of the population is burdened with debt."
All of these projects were meant to make huge profits for the contractors. The U.S. engineering and construction companies involved would be assured of great wealth. At the same time, a few wealthy families and influential leaders in the receiving countries would become very happy and very rich thanks to these loans. The leaders of these countries would also have bolstered political power because they were credited with bringing industrial parks, power plants and airports to their people.
The problem is that these countries simply cannot handle the debt of these loans and their poorest citizens are deprived of health, education and other social services for several decades as these countries struggle economically to overcome their huge debts. Meanwhile, the huge American media conglomerates portray these projects as favors being provided by the United States. American citizens in general have no trouble believing these messages, and in fact are led to perceive that these actions are unselfish acts of international goodwill.
Ultimately, due to the large debts, the U.S. is able to draw on these countries for political, economic and military favors whenever desired. And of course, the U.S. corporations involved with the expensive projects become extremely wealthy.
The U.S. Government's Role
Economic hit men [EHM] don't actually work for a United States government organization such as the Central Intelligence Agency. The risk with such a direct association is obvious. For example, if an EHM was working to put a country in debt to the U.S. with the main reason being for favorable military and political positions against the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union would be quite likely to take military action against the U.S. if that EHM were found to be working for the U.S. government. In the 1960s, America found a way to use economic hitmen without directly implicating Washington.
It was during the 1960s that we saw the empowerment of international corporations and multinational organizations such as the World Bank. This allowed for governments, corporations and multinational organizations to form mutually beneficial relationships. United States intelligence agencies were able to use these relationships to their advantage.
Government organizations such as the National Security Agency (NSA) were now able to screen for potential economic hitmen (as they did with Perkins) and then have them hired by international corporations such as MAIN.
"These economic hitmen would never be paid by the government; instead, they would draw their salaries from the private sector. As a result, their dirty work, if exposed, would be chalked up to corporate greed rather than to government policy. In addition, the corporations that hired them, although paid by government agencies and their multinational banking counterparts (with taxpayer money), would be insulated from congressional oversight and public scrutiny, shielded by a growing body of legal initiatives, including trademark, international trade, and Freedom of Information laws."
Perkins' Story of Being Recruited as an Economic Hit Man
Perkins married a former college classmate in 1967. A good friend of her father's, referred to as "Uncle Frank", was a top-echelon executive at the NSA. Uncle Frank immediately took a liking to Perkins and informed him that a job with the NSA would make him eligible for draft deferment, meaning he could avoid fighting in the Vietnam War.
After extensive interviews with the NSA, Perkins was offered a job, but declined it to instead join the Peace Corps. Surprisingly, Uncle Frank supported this decision, largely because it meant that Perkins would have the opportunity to go to Ecuador and live with the indigenous people of the Amazon region.
It was with the Peace Corps in Ecuador when a vice president of Chas. T. Main, Inc. approached Perkins about working for MAIN. The man explained that he sometimes acted as an NSA liaison, which made this job opportunity a perfect fit for Perkins, who had intended on accepting the NSA job when his Peace Corps tour was over.
Upon returning to the U.S., Perkins was hired as an economist for MAIN. He was told that MAIN's primary business was engineering, but that their biggest client, the World Bank, had insisted that the company keep economists employed in order to produce the "critical economic forecasts used to determine the feasibility and magnitude of engineering projects."
Shortly after being hired, Perkins was trained confidentially by Claudine Martin, a special consultant to MAIN. It was Martin who explained to Perkins what his real job was. It was Martin who explained that he was now an "Economic Hit Man" and that once he accepted this job, he could never leave it.
Indonesia
Perkins' first assignment took him took to Indonesia. Indonesia was an oil-rich country and had been described as "the most heavily populated piece of real estate on the planet." Perkins' job was to produce very optimistic economic forecasts for the country, showing that by building new power plants and distribution lines, the country's economy would explode. These projections would allow USAID and international banks to justify huge loans for the country, which would then be paid to U.S. corporations to build the projects.
In 1971, Indonesia had become even more important to the U.S. in its battle against Communism. Potential withdrawl from Vietnam had the U.S. worried about a domino effect of one country after another falling under Communist rule. Indonesia was viewed as the key. If the U.S. could gain control of Indonesia (with the debts that would incur thanks to the loans for these huge projects), they believed it would help ensure American dominance in Southeast Asia.
While spending three months in Indonesia to conduct interviews and study the economic potential for the country, Perkins was exposed to the drastic discrepancy between the wealthy and the extremely poor in Indonesia. While there were certainly signs of a striving economy with first-class hotels and mansions, Perkins also personally saw the tragic side of Indonesia where women and children bathed in wretched, sewer-filled water and beggars packed the streets. He also met some of the country's native citizens and learned of their resentment of American greed and extravagance in the face of their starving children.
These close encounters with the Indonesians created a struggle of conscience for Perkins. He wondered if American capitalism was really the answer for the people of Indonesia. He wondered if the population as a whole would really benefit from the infrastructures the U.S. wanted to build in Indonesia, or would it only be a wealthy few who became even wealthier while the rest of the country became more entrenched in poverty and became even more anti-American?
While conducting his studies in Indonesia, Perkins was encouraged by his superiors to create strong forecasts for economic growth. He was told that growth rates of 17 percent per annum were expected. Also providing economic forecasts for MAIN was an older employee named Howard Parker. Parker told Perkins not to be pressured by his superiors, he told him not to buy into the game, not to create unrealistic projections. He told Perkins that the electrification project could not create economic growth rates of more than 7-9 percent.
Conversations with Parker led to more conscience battles for Perkins. Ultimately, he told himself that the decision wasn't really his to make, it would be up to his bosses and they could simply choose between his high economic forecast and Parker's lower forecast. When the final projections were presented to the executives at MAIN, Perkins' figures pleased his bosses with 17-20 percent growth rate projections while Parker's forecast came in at eight percent. Parker was promptly fired and Perkins was promoted to Chief Economist at MAIN and received a nice raise.
Panama
In 1972, Perkins was sent to Panama to close the deal on MAIN's master development plan with the country. "This plan would create a justification for World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and USAID investment of billions of dollars in the energy, transportation, and agricultural sectors of this tiny and very crucial country. It was, of course, a subterfuge, a means of making Panama forever indebted and thereby returning to its puppet status."
Again, Perkins experienced the enormous differences between the wealthy and the poor. However, in Panama, the differences were most extreme in one area, the Canal Zone. In the Canal Zone, Americans lived in beautiful homes and enjoyed golf courses and first class shopping. Just outside of the Canal Zone, Panamanians lived in wooden shacks and among overflowing sewage. These harsh differences created high levels of animosity between the Americans living in the Canal Zone and the natives of Panama. It was not uncommon to see graffiti messages demanding that the U.S. leave Panama.
On his trip, Perkins met with Panama's president and charismatic leader, Omar Torrijos. Perkins was very impressed with Torrijos and became friends with the leader. Torrijos was well aware of the EHM practices and knew fully how the game was played. He knew that he could become a very wealthy man by cooperating with the U.S. companies that wanted to build their projects in his country, but he worried about Panama losing its independence and not taking care of its many citizens living in poverty.
Torrijos made a peculiar deal with Perkins and MAIN. He wanted Panama to take back control of the Panama Canal and in doing so he wanted to build a more efficient canal, a sea-level one without locks that would allow for bigger ships. The Japanese, the Canal's biggest clients, would be interested in financing this construction, which would anger Bechtel Group, Inc. Bechtel was a company closely connected to Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush.
Omar Torrijos was concerned that these actions might send the wrong signals internationally. He wanted to make sure that Panama was recognized as an independent country and was not dictated by Russia, China or Cuba. He did not want Panama to be perceived as against the United States. Instead, he wanted it known that they were simply protecting the rights of the poor.
Torrijos did want to invest in huge advancement projects in electricity, transportation and communications for Panama, but he wanted to make certain that these projects benefited his entire country, including those living in extreme poverty. To do so would require huge amounts of money from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Torrijos worried that his commitment to taking back the Canal would anger the top people at Bechtel so much that it would make it nearly impossible to achieve his plans for these projects.
So, Torrijos made a deal with Perkins and MAIN. He told Perkins that if he could secure the financing for these projects, MAIN could have all the work they wanted on this master development plan. Perkins agreed to the deal and would do Torrijos' bidding.
Saudi Arabia
In response to the power of the international oil companies, which collaborated to hold down petroleum prices, a group of oil-producing countries formed OPEC in the 1960s. The huge impact OPEC was capable of became evident to the world with the 1973 oil embargo. This embargo was a result of the United States' support of Israel when Egypt and Syria launched attacks on the country.
As the U.S. provided Israel with more financial aid, Saudi Arabia and other Arab oil producing countries imposed a total embargo on oil shipments to the U.S. While the embargo was short-lived, its impact was huge as Saudi oil prices jumped from $1.39 per barrel on January 1, 1970 to $8.32 on January 1, 1974.
As a result, Wall Street and Washington became obsessed with protecting American oil supplies and the U.S. was forced to recognize Saudi Arabia's importance to its economy. "For Saudi Arabia, the additional oil income resulting from the price hikes was a mixed blessing." Suddenly, the country's conservative religious beliefs were being replaced with a sense of materialism.
Washington recognized this movement and negotiated with Saudi Arabia for assurance that there would never again be an oil embargo from the country. The result of these negotiations was the United States-Saudi Arabian Joint Economic Commission, known as JECOR. The unprecedented agreement was the opposite of the norm, where countries had to borrow from the U.S. until it could never get out of that debt. Instead, this agreement relied on Saudi Arabia's own money to hire American firms to build up the country.
The U.S. wanted Saudi Arabia to guarantee to maintain oil supplies at prices that would be acceptable to the U.S. and its allies. Due to Saudi Arabia's vast petroleum supplies, this guarantee would protect the U.S. even if other countries threatened oil embargos.
In exchange for the guarantee, the U.S. offered the House of Saud a commitment to provide complete political and military support (this would guarantee that the royal family would continue to rule in Saudi Arabia). The condition would be that the Saudis buy U.S. government securities with their petrodollars and that the interest earned on these securities would be used to pay U.S. companies to convert Saudi Arabia into a modern industrial power.
Perkins was brought in as an adviser in the early stages of these negotiations. His job was "to develop forecasts of what might happen in Saudi Arabia if vast amounts of money were invested in its infrastructure, and to map out scenarios for spending that money." He was told that not only would this job result in huge profits for MAIN, but that it was also a matter of national security.
This job was different for Perkins as the final objective was not to burden Saudi Arabia with debts it could never repay, but instead to "assure that a large portion of petrodollars found their way back to the United States." Basically, MAIN and other U.S. corporations needed to convince Saudi Arabia of the importance and benefits of transforming their country to a more modern nation. This would ultimately make Saudi Arabia more dependent on U.S. corporations and make U.S. corporations extremely wealthy.
For his part, Perkins convinced a key player within the House of Saud, a man he calls Prince W., that these projects would benefit his country as well as him personally. Perkins was able to eventually persuade Prince W. by arranging for a beautiful prostitute to live with him. By arranging for the prostitute to live with Prince W., Perkins was able to gain his trust and eventually convinced him of the value of the deal. The entire package was finally approved by the royal family of Saudi Arabia and MAIN was rewarded with one of the first highly lucrative contracts, which was actually administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
"The deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia transformed the kingdom practically overnight." It also marked the beginning of an ongoing relationship between the House of Saud, the bin Laden family and the Bush family, which benefited greatly from a financial standpoint thanks to the deal.
Struggling with His Conscience
Perkins saw his career take off as he was promoted again and became the youngest partner in the history of MAIN. He would go on to head major projects all over the world while taking home a huge salary. However, Perkins could not stop struggling with his conscience over the negative outcomes he believed he was causing as an EHM. In 1978 and 1979, the consequences of EHM empire building became clear to Perkins by what he saw happen in Iran.
While the U.S. had supported the shah, the results had led to class wars and passionate animosity towards the "corporatocracy" being implemented in Iran. Perkins had seen this hostility first-hand in several of the countries where he had helped to create similar situations with his EHM practices. Citizens of these countries hated U.S. policy and blamed it for their corrupt leaders and despotic government. In Iran, the situation escalated and led to the shah fleeing the country for his own safety and Iranians storming the U.S. Embassy and taking 52 hostages.
It was then that Perkins fully realized that "the United States is a nation laboring to deny the truth about its imperialist role in the world" and he became overwhelmed with guilt over his role in this global movement. Perkins sank into a depression and quit his job at MAIN in 1980.
The Impact of the Economic Hit man Continues
Perkins would continue to be haunted by the impact of economic hitmen even as he started his own company (a company that committed to producing environmentally friendly electricity), did special consulting for MAIN and other corporations, and became involved with nonprofit organizations and their efforts to work with and help indigenous people in Latin America.
In 1981, Perkins became deeply disturbed by the death of his friend and the leader of Panama, Omar Torrijos. Perkins believes that his friend Torrijos' death in a plane crash was a CIA assassination because of his positions on the Panama Canal (Torrijos had achieved his goal of taking back the Canal) and his unwillingness to cooperate with American corporations.
Torrijos was replaced by Manuel Noriega, who "became a symbol of corruption and decadence." Eventually, in 1989, the United States attacked Panama. The reigns of power were returned to the pre-Torrijos oligarchy, which had served as U.S. puppets from the time when Panama was torn from Columbia until Torrijos took over.
Perkins also watched closely throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s as the U.S. tried to get Iraq and Saddam Hussein to buy into the EHM scenario as Saudi Arabia had done before. Hussein refused and when he invaded Kuwait, the U.S. wasted little time and attacked Iraq. The economic hitmen failed again in their efforts following the invasion of Iraq and in 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq once again.
Perkins began to write Confessions of an Economic Hit Man on several occasions, but stopped due to bribes or threats. But after 9/11, Perkins knew he could no longer wait and felt he had to expose these practices and the devastating consequences they create.
What to Do Now
Perkins now spends his life trying to educate people about the role of the economic hit man and how we can end their practices and achieve more global peace and prosperity by transforming our institutions. He believes "we have convinced ourselves that all economic growth benefits humankind, and that the greater the growth, the more widespread the benefits." We must realize that the American capitalism we are trying to push on other countries may not be what's best for the rest of the world.
We can't just blame this movement on a conspiracy. "The empire depends on the efficacy of big banks, corporations, and governments – the corporatocracy. This corporatocracy is ourselves – we make it happen – which, of course, is why most of us find it difficult to stand up and oppose it. We cannot bring ourselves to bite the hand of the master who feeds us."
Perkins offers several ways to help stop "the corporatocracy and to end this insane and self-destructive march to global empire."
Read between the lines of each and every media report and help others do the same. The majority of our media outlets – newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, television stations, radio stations, etc. – are owned by huge international corporations and these corporations aren't afraid to manipulate the news they deliver. Always seek the truth and encourage others to do the same.
Cut back on oil consumption and shopping. When you are shopping, be very aware of the products you buy and the companies you're supporting.
Downsize your personal possessions, including your home, your car and your office.
Protest against unfair free trade agreements.
Protest against companies that exploit desperate people in sweatshops.
Protest against companies that pillage the environment.
Look for ways to educate others about what is going on in the world. This can be done by writing letters and emails to friends, newspapers, school boards and local organizations.
And finally, ask yourself the following questions:
Why have I allowed myself to be sucked into a system that I know is unbalanced?
What will I do to help our children, and all children everywhere, to fulfill the dream of our Founding Fathers, the dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
What course will I take to end starvation, and make sure there is never again a day like September 11th?
How can I help our children understand that people who live gluttonous, unbalanced lives should be pitied but never, ever emulated, even if those people present themselves, through the media they control, as cultural icons and try to convince us that penthouses and yachts bring happiness?
What changes will I commit to making in my attitudes and perceptions?
What forums will I use to teach others and to learn more on my own?
These are the essential questions of our time.
Note: The above is a slightly edited version of the summary published by CapitolReader.com. Perkins has written many other books including The World Is As You Dream It and The Stress-Free Habit. To educate yourself as recommended by Perkins, google "Perkins Interviews"
CRIME SCENE BY THE BEREAVED TO CURE THE REST OF THE DEAD MAN'S FAMILY!
We've been on this path before! What were the results?
CRIME SCENE BY THE BEREAVED TO CURE THE REST OF THE DEAD MAN'S FAMILY!
We've been on this path before! What were the results?
Kojo! 9 years ago
Thanks to our so called leaders. JJ's kind of revolution is what is needed every 4 years not so called party politics. With leaders like this in this modern age, who needs democracy?
Thanks to our so called leaders. JJ's kind of revolution is what is needed every 4 years not so called party politics. With leaders like this in this modern age, who needs democracy?
BOY KOFI 9 years ago
What are the modalities of this so called home grown economic policy?Foreign investors come to Ghana for profits and nothing else that is the first point.Why is it that the CFA is always stable even though we produce and expo ... read full comment
What are the modalities of this so called home grown economic policy?Foreign investors come to Ghana for profits and nothing else that is the first point.Why is it that the CFA is always stable even though we produce and export more than these Francophone countries? We need to ask serious questions about the state of our economy and the financial policies.Thank you.
F.G. TOWORFE 9 years ago
Are you sure of what you are saying? What about our leaders, are they aware of your figuring out?
Are you sure of what you are saying? What about our leaders, are they aware of your figuring out?
Intel Inside, Idiots Outside 9 years ago
idiot
idiot
F.G. TOWORFE 9 years ago
BOY KOFI, I have been in Cote D'Ivoire for over a year, and the CFA has been stable for the period, and even appreciates against the Dollar. But the truth is that, Ghana's economy is better than that of la Cote D'Ivoire. WHY?
BOY KOFI, I have been in Cote D'Ivoire for over a year, and the CFA has been stable for the period, and even appreciates against the Dollar. But the truth is that, Ghana's economy is better than that of la Cote D'Ivoire. WHY?
NBTT 9 years ago
The Mahama led administration has clearly lost its way. Having been pressured and manipulated into a position where the IMF "loans " in reality a DEATH TRAP seems the only viable option he is about to sign Ghanaians into eco ... read full comment
The Mahama led administration has clearly lost its way. Having been pressured and manipulated into a position where the IMF "loans " in reality a DEATH TRAP seems the only viable option he is about to sign Ghanaians into economic and political slavery.
Let me remind Ghanaians of the true nature of the beast we are about to let into our home:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a book written by John Perkins and published in 2004. It provides Perkins' account of his career with consulting firm Chas. T. Main in Boston. Before employment with the firm, he interviewed for a job with the National Security Agency (NSA). Perkins claims that this interview effectively constituted an independent screening which led to his subsequent hiring by Einar Greve,[1] a member of the firm (and alleged NSA liaison) to become a self-described "economic hit man".
According to Perkins, he began writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man in the 1980s, but "threats or bribes always convinced [him] to stop."
According to his book, Perkins' function was to convince the political and financial leadership of underdeveloped countries to accept enormous development loans from institutions like the World Bank and USAID. Saddled with debts they could not hope to pay, those countries were forced to acquiesce to political pressure from the United States on a variety of issues. Perkins argues in his book that developing nations were effectively neutralized politically, had their wealth gaps driven wider and economies crippled in the long run. In this capacity Perkins recounts his meetings with some prominent individuals, including Graham Greene and Omar Torrijos. Perkins describes the role of an EHM as follows:
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Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources. Their tools included fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.
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The epilogue to the 2006 edition provides a rebuttal to the current move by the G8 nations to forgive Third World debt. Perkins charges that the proposed conditions for this debt forgiveness require countries to privatise their health, education, electric, water and other public services. Those countries would also have to discontinue subsidies and trade restrictions that support local business, but accept the continued subsidization of certain G8 businesses by the US and other G8 countries, and the erection of trade barriers on imports that threaten G8 industries.
In the book, Perkins repeatedly denies the existence of a "conspiracy." Instead, Perkins carefully discusses the role of corporatocracy.[2] – November 4, 2004 interview
"I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation’s largest and least understood spy organization; but ultimately I worked for private corporations. The first real economic hit man was back in the early 1950s, Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., the grandson of Teddy, who overthrew the government of Iran, a democratically elected government, Mossadegh’s government who was Time‘s magazine person of the year; and he was so successful at doing this without any bloodshed—well, there was a little bloodshed, but no military intervention, just spending millions of dollars and replaced Mossadegh with the Shah of Iran. At that point, we understood that this idea of economic hit man was an extremely good one. We didn’t have to worry about the threat of war with Russia when we did it this way. The problem with that was that Roosevelt was a C.I.A. agent. He was a government employee. Had he been caught, we would have been in a lot of trouble. It would have been very embarrassing. So, at that point, the decision was made to use organizations like the C.I.A. and the N.S.A. to recruit potential economic hit men like me and then send us to work for private consulting companies, engineering firms, construction companies, so that if we were caught, there would be no connection with the government.
Dede London 9 years ago
Thank you NBTT, but will our fools in government ever learn and listen? Is this not slavery in disguise. Slavery without the ship and guns? Terrible
Thank you NBTT, but will our fools in government ever learn and listen? Is this not slavery in disguise. Slavery without the ship and guns? Terrible
DONBOLI 9 years ago
Mornah get things mixed up in his head before he start talking. When anybody use the word donor partners its means that person dont know what they are talking about.
Donations and donor gives that dont partner. Those who say ... read full comment
Mornah get things mixed up in his head before he start talking. When anybody use the word donor partners its means that person dont know what they are talking about.
Donations and donor gives that dont partner. Those who say they are donating dont partner.
European Union Partnership with Ghana on trade and policies. EPA sign by John Mahama- tbc
Marquis 9 years ago
Which state entity is performing well? Also which public sector unit is performing? They are all a drain on government resources. They can only be turned round under Public Private Partnership or completely privatised. Why mu ... read full comment
Which state entity is performing well? Also which public sector unit is performing? They are all a drain on government resources. They can only be turned round under Public Private Partnership or completely privatised. Why must we cling on to entities that do not perform and continuously make losses?
HE`S NOT AFRAID 9 years ago
IMF BAILOUT WILL LEAD TO FURTHER PRIVATISATION OF NATIONAL ASSETS
IMF BAILOUT WILL LEAD TO FURTHER PRIVATISATION OF NATIONAL ASSETS
Obournana 9 years ago
That would be better to stop the looting and stealing from the public servants and politicians. We all know what goes on in the hospitals where pharmacists sell government drugs at exorbitant prices to patients and medical do ... read full comment
That would be better to stop the looting and stealing from the public servants and politicians. We all know what goes on in the hospitals where pharmacists sell government drugs at exorbitant prices to patients and medical doctors use government apparatus in their clinics for private. Then, they use the public against the government about what they cause in the country. Privatization is the best option for a corrupt country like Ghana. When I was working at AGC now AGA, you cannot wait to generate a report needed for daily morning meeting or I will be fired. Go to the ministries and it is what goes on. Go to the ports, and everything is done unless you pay. What type of country is Ghana. These people the ones who use the public against the government for their personal gains. It is time to privatize every public institution to stop corruption. We blame Woyome but forgot the judge and Attorney General's Department staff who connived with judges to dupe the country. What are we doing to them? Martin Amidu is a hero but what did he do when he saw that his staff failed to follow due diligence at the time? Did he fire any of them for the public to see? Mr. PNC man, when you come to power let the government run the show and see. Do you think the useless Labour Secretary the political stooge could have called for a strike in private enterprises? All the workers would have been fired by now so prevent that type of stupid behavior. It is time for us as a country to be sincere with ourselves and stop playing politics on everything. Go for it and let us privatize everything in Ghana. Corruption will stop.
KWAME 9 years ago
THE GOVT IS BETTER OFF PRIVATISING THEM THAN LEAVING THEM IN THE HANDS OF THESE THIEVE WHO CALL THEMSELVES WORKERS MAKING MILLIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NATION
THE GOVT IS BETTER OFF PRIVATISING THEM THAN LEAVING THEM IN THE HANDS OF THESE THIEVE WHO CALL THEMSELVES WORKERS MAKING MILLIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NATION
Constance Debuo 9 years ago
SHUT UP YOU GREAT RAPIST AND A PRETENDER GO PACIFY THE FAMILY OF THE GIRL YOU NEARLY RAPED IN WA AND STOP TALKING ABOUT IMF AND PRIVATIZATION BROUHAHA,YOU FOOL!
SHUT UP YOU GREAT RAPIST AND A PRETENDER GO PACIFY THE FAMILY OF THE GIRL YOU NEARLY RAPED IN WA AND STOP TALKING ABOUT IMF AND PRIVATIZATION BROUHAHA,YOU FOOL!
Lord Tennison 9 years ago
Infantile talk.SOEs are inefficient.Privatization is the answer.
The so-called home-grown policies require money to implement.The country is broke.
If money from the donors are being wasted through fraudulent judgement debt ... read full comment
Infantile talk.SOEs are inefficient.Privatization is the answer.
The so-called home-grown policies require money to implement.The country is broke.
If money from the donors are being wasted through fraudulent judgement debt payments,why should they continue to donate?
SINIKI 9 years ago
PRIVATIZATION.
All the cities in the country are neat and well maintained. There are no gutters filled with garbage and human waste. The mosquitoes have no where to breed and face extinction. Nobody knows what cholera is ... read full comment
PRIVATIZATION.
All the cities in the country are neat and well maintained. There are no gutters filled with garbage and human waste. The mosquitoes have no where to breed and face extinction. Nobody knows what cholera is - it's something that happens in other countries not Ghana.
Hail Privatization! The perfect answer to the garbage problem and all other problems in the country!
Long live Zoom Lion!
OPANIN KWAKU ATTA 9 years ago
WE HAVE TO CUT THE BIG GOV'T INTO HALF AND REMOVE ALL THE GOV'T SUDSIDIES.THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS MESS.GHANAIANS SHOULD ALSO BE READY TO PAY THEIR TAXES.WE CANNOT SUCCEED IF WE ARE NOT PREPARE TO SACRIFICE ... read full comment
WE HAVE TO CUT THE BIG GOV'T INTO HALF AND REMOVE ALL THE GOV'T SUDSIDIES.THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS MESS.GHANAIANS SHOULD ALSO BE READY TO PAY THEIR TAXES.WE CANNOT SUCCEED IF WE ARE NOT PREPARE TO SACRIFICE.
WK 9 years ago
I'm happy someone says it and it is the though. Nobody will benefit out of this one. And Ghana for sure total not. And it will not help the Ghana Cedis also not. It will only help to get it a bit but not for long. People get ... read full comment
I'm happy someone says it and it is the though. Nobody will benefit out of this one. And Ghana for sure total not. And it will not help the Ghana Cedis also not. It will only help to get it a bit but not for long. People get awake what this government is downing to you.Nobody can say it is good, you pay more for food, energy and you pay more for everything you need. Do you get it from somewhere that gives you the feeling that you can still get over this problem. No you will not like Europe and all others suffering still under American miss leading banking systems. And they still not recover about it. Don't let is happen please, it will be you all on the end that need to suffering and pay for it. And if it is not us it will be our children and do we want to give them this as there welcome to this world!
jt. 9 years ago
Tell me which is good privatized Gov. Assets for better good work for all of us or leave it at hand of the few criminals? Whose aim is jut steal the money but not work and the rest of us in poverty?
Tell me which is good privatized Gov. Assets for better good work for all of us or leave it at hand of the few criminals? Whose aim is jut steal the money but not work and the rest of us in poverty?
KWAME 9 years ago
The President is desperate and he is trying anything to survive.
NDC is relying on ways to steal the elections in 2016. They have started planing towards that with Elvis Afriyie going to the Presidency. He was the campaign m ... read full comment
The President is desperate and he is trying anything to survive.
NDC is relying on ways to steal the elections in 2016. They have started planing towards that with Elvis Afriyie going to the Presidency. He was the campaign manager for the president in 2012. They will replicate the way the election was stolen in 2012.
Elvis is not being punished by what happened in Brazil but he has been drawn to the office to begin planning the stealing process.
The Pito drunkard?Is he not the one who sung with Mills and Mahama? Why is he now complaining? He has seen nothing yet. After doing propaganda with them, he thought they would give him a post. Woktwea!
AUTHOR: MR. FIGURE OUT----------
It is only in Ghana would such a dishonorably idiot be on the government pay roll. Professor Mill should be solely blamed for imposing those criminals on us. After Mills found Betty Moulds gu ...
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HE IS A BIG FOOL JUST LIKE KWESI PRATT AND BATURE. EITHER A STOMACH PROSTITUE POLITICIAN OR JOURNALIST.
Onipaba Of Akyem Maase, I am sure you are high after eating bat meat. If 5% of Ghanaians ( I'm sure I'm among the 5%) were to have Bernard's attitude Ghana would have been better than USA and China. Please don't get high on b ...
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Thank you for accepting your reversed mindedness. If people like you trust Monah, then we have more rivers to cross. Neither the psychiatry, nor centuries of education will correct your brains. Sorry, bro. I'm too sorry for y ...
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Everybody is complaining bitterly but very few dare speak the truth . We shall never move forward until the undeclared war against the Akans, discrimination of the majority and anti Akan propaganda hate agenda is resolved. ...
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I am Onipaba of Akyem Maase and I diapprove your comment. This amounts to hate speech and does not unify us. Thank you for reading.
the truth can not be hidden , it is what it is . there is no hate here but the truth so investigate for yourself why the majority of govt officials are mostly northerners and ewes yest they barely make up 30 % of the populati ...
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Do not engage in tribal hate speech because as long as you remain a black man, you might have the same genetic features as other people in other tribes.
no two fingers are the same yet they are all fingers . we are different and we thank God for that
Ghana should learn how china managed to come out of provety years ago...when many was poor and suffering etc,etc ...when may says china has no standard products quality and now many branded items are done and manufacturer in ...
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Most European countries are going through the same financial difficulties and are being bailed out by both the world bank and IMF. What makes Ghana, so different from them. The police department in the country I live in is i ...
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Corporate Vultures Descend on Ghana
Fear is the key. To get African leaders to do America's bidding the State Department's Dirty Tricks organisations, namely the NSA and CIA go ruthlessly to work. In most countries the USA ...
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Once upon a time, my mother used to sell YAMS at SALAGA MARKET. She was resourceful as the Biggest Yam Seller.
because her yams were good and were 'First Selection' stock they cost a little bit more than average yams.
Vo ...
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John Perkins: Economic Hit Man
Summary of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Book summary: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Author: John Perkins
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About John Perkins: Author of Confessions of an Econ ...
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CRIME SCENE BY THE BEREAVED TO CURE THE REST OF THE DEAD MAN'S FAMILY!
We've been on this path before! What were the results?
Thanks to our so called leaders. JJ's kind of revolution is what is needed every 4 years not so called party politics. With leaders like this in this modern age, who needs democracy?
What are the modalities of this so called home grown economic policy?Foreign investors come to Ghana for profits and nothing else that is the first point.Why is it that the CFA is always stable even though we produce and expo ...
read full comment
Are you sure of what you are saying? What about our leaders, are they aware of your figuring out?
idiot
BOY KOFI, I have been in Cote D'Ivoire for over a year, and the CFA has been stable for the period, and even appreciates against the Dollar. But the truth is that, Ghana's economy is better than that of la Cote D'Ivoire. WHY?
The Mahama led administration has clearly lost its way. Having been pressured and manipulated into a position where the IMF "loans " in reality a DEATH TRAP seems the only viable option he is about to sign Ghanaians into eco ...
read full comment
Thank you NBTT, but will our fools in government ever learn and listen? Is this not slavery in disguise. Slavery without the ship and guns? Terrible
Mornah get things mixed up in his head before he start talking. When anybody use the word donor partners its means that person dont know what they are talking about.
Donations and donor gives that dont partner. Those who say ...
read full comment
Which state entity is performing well? Also which public sector unit is performing? They are all a drain on government resources. They can only be turned round under Public Private Partnership or completely privatised. Why mu ...
read full comment
IMF BAILOUT WILL LEAD TO FURTHER PRIVATISATION OF NATIONAL ASSETS
That would be better to stop the looting and stealing from the public servants and politicians. We all know what goes on in the hospitals where pharmacists sell government drugs at exorbitant prices to patients and medical do ...
read full comment
THE GOVT IS BETTER OFF PRIVATISING THEM THAN LEAVING THEM IN THE HANDS OF THESE THIEVE WHO CALL THEMSELVES WORKERS MAKING MILLIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NATION
SHUT UP YOU GREAT RAPIST AND A PRETENDER GO PACIFY THE FAMILY OF THE GIRL YOU NEARLY RAPED IN WA AND STOP TALKING ABOUT IMF AND PRIVATIZATION BROUHAHA,YOU FOOL!
Infantile talk.SOEs are inefficient.Privatization is the answer.
The so-called home-grown policies require money to implement.The country is broke.
If money from the donors are being wasted through fraudulent judgement debt ...
read full comment
PRIVATIZATION.
All the cities in the country are neat and well maintained. There are no gutters filled with garbage and human waste. The mosquitoes have no where to breed and face extinction. Nobody knows what cholera is ...
read full comment
WE HAVE TO CUT THE BIG GOV'T INTO HALF AND REMOVE ALL THE GOV'T SUDSIDIES.THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS MESS.GHANAIANS SHOULD ALSO BE READY TO PAY THEIR TAXES.WE CANNOT SUCCEED IF WE ARE NOT PREPARE TO SACRIFICE ...
read full comment
I'm happy someone says it and it is the though. Nobody will benefit out of this one. And Ghana for sure total not. And it will not help the Ghana Cedis also not. It will only help to get it a bit but not for long. People get ...
read full comment
Tell me which is good privatized Gov. Assets for better good work for all of us or leave it at hand of the few criminals? Whose aim is jut steal the money but not work and the rest of us in poverty?
The President is desperate and he is trying anything to survive.
NDC is relying on ways to steal the elections in 2016. They have started planing towards that with Elvis Afriyie going to the Presidency. He was the campaign m ...
read full comment