Monetary crisis donation<\/p>\n
From Kompas<\/p>\n
We are now in 1998, which is a year of monetary crisis. The
\ncrisis, which, in fact, began to be felt in July 1997, has
\naffected not only business sectors financed by U.S. dollar loans
\nbut also free-lance workers and the logistics sector of
\nhouseholds.<\/p>\n
The government is now unusually confused seeing that millions
\nwill be jobless as a result of the crisis, private sector and
\ngovernment offshore loans are large and swelling, and small and
\nmedium-sized companies are likely to go bankrupt although these
\ncompanies themselves are financially sound (the multiplier effect
\nor the supplier effect).<\/p>\n
\"Right or wrong, good or bad, our country.\" Who else but we,
\nthe people, can help this country get out of its crisis? Just
\nforget who, what or which sector contributes considerably to this
\ncrisis or who, instead, is fishing in murky waters because strong
\nwaves are going to hit this country.<\/p>\n
Nationalism is no longer not hunting for U.S. dollars as
\ndomestic speculators. At this juncture, nationalism is an earnest
\nand honest intention to do one's best to help this country get
\nout of its crisis.<\/p>\n
I have a suggestion. Why don't we start a \"Monetary Crisis
\nFund\" so that anybody can voluntarily donate any amount to help
\nthe government overcome its trouble in this crisis. Assuming that
\n100 million people donate Rp 5,000 each, then Rp 500 billion can
\neasily be collected, This can later be used for the establishment
\nof labor-intensive projects to give work to people who have
\nbecome jobless because of this recession, or to augment the
\nstate's foreign exchange reserves and so forth, depending on the
\ngovernment's priority scale.<\/p>\n
I am sure that such an effort would show the outside world
\nthat in an effort to help the recovery of the country's economy
\nall members of Indonesian society are serious and willing to
\nsacrifice and that the relationship involving the people, the
\ncommunity and the private sector is solid.<\/p>\n
A similar thing was once done in Japan when every Japanese
\nfamily bought shares in state-owned companies to help the country
\novercome financial difficulties. As for its implementation, the
\nmass media can coordinate this effort, just as they do with
\ndonations for victims of natural disasters, and in view of the
\nnational scale involved, the ministry of finance can manage this
\nundertaking transparently and report it to the public.<\/p>\n
DRG. TA TATAG UTOMO<\/p>\n
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