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2004-12-27 Iraq-Jordan

Millions of dollars poured into reconstruction of Baghdad slum

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-27 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I smell a new War on Poverty. This sounds like a great un tapped pool of low skilled workers. Perhaps we should send the Chinese in. It would distract them from Taiwan.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-12-27 7:56:27 AM|| 2004-12-27 7:56:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Start at the bottom of the economic ladder -- get Nike to put a shoe factory in there. Have that work for a few years, get a little prosperity going, and then take the next step -- textiles. Upgrade telecom, transport and education every day, and get the people used to the idea of "go to work, work hard, get paid, improve oneself, move up".

Posted by Steve White 2004-12-27 12:40:16 PM|| 2004-12-27 12:40:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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