Solution to our country's loans<\/p>\n
From Warta Kota<\/p>\n
Even the averagely informed Jakartan is quite aware of our
\ncountry's huge foreign loans. This is clearly caused by the
\ncharacter and attitude of our leaders, especially those in power
\nand major businesses, who, along with their cronies and nepotism
\nnetwork, prefer taking loans for their own needs rather than the
\npeople's. As their sole major \"asset\" is power, they take the
\ncorruption, collusion and nepotism route.<\/p>\n
Taking a loan in itself is not wrong. But when such an act is
\nworsened by mismanagement plus the exhaustion of our resources
\nfor payments, ultimately causing the people to bear the burden,
\nthen it is a barbaric act, because a large portion of the loan is
\ncorrupted anyway.<\/p>\n
The question is what can an ordinary citizen contribute to get
\nthe country out of its financial entanglement?<\/p>\n
I remember Kwik Kian Gie's statement in one of SCTV's
\ntalk shows. According to him there are only two options as a
\nsolution: either we start getting used to \"wearing just shorts\"
\nor become \"an obedient child\" to the IMF (as otherwise the
\npromised additional loans will never flow in).<\/p>\n
To avoid the headaches caused by dependency on the IMF for
\nobtaining loans or the leniency in repaying the previous loans,
\nit is high time we started to train ourselves in simple living.
\nAll the better if we can somehow maximize \"saving activities\".<\/p>\n
I hope that this simple suggestion can contribute toward the
\nincreasing of the country's foreign exchange reserves (now a
\nlaughing matter as most of it originates from loans).<\/p>\n
ANGKAWIJAYA<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/solution-to-our-countrys-loans-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }