06-23-2004, 04:57 PM
rajesh_g:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sure programmers have not taken to commiting suicides but see how they were resorting to activism etc. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lot of these farmers who are committing suicide I think (guess) are not educated and don't have much means to resort to activism.
I used to argue benefits of gobalization, outsourcing and how solutions to it is re-training etc all this a lot with my networking group. But when someone asks you as how would it be to dip into your IRA funds to pay off mortgage and bills - all arguments go out of the window. On forums we can score lot of theortical points.
I don't support Govt dole, but govt's have been doling out people during whenever there are <b>extreme circumstances</b>. Maybe it's time to bring back Lal Bhadur Shastri's "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" slogan and give these dying farmers some means to get back on their feet - might not be free $ but incentives to just get them one their feet might not be such a bad idea. Even a measely Rs 1000 goes a long way. Nobody says anything when multi-national corps are given tax subsidies, tax holidays or special tax free zones created for them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Sure programmers have not taken to commiting suicides but see how they were resorting to activism etc. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lot of these farmers who are committing suicide I think (guess) are not educated and don't have much means to resort to activism.
I used to argue benefits of gobalization, outsourcing and how solutions to it is re-training etc all this a lot with my networking group. But when someone asks you as how would it be to dip into your IRA funds to pay off mortgage and bills - all arguments go out of the window. On forums we can score lot of theortical points.
I don't support Govt dole, but govt's have been doling out people during whenever there are <b>extreme circumstances</b>. Maybe it's time to bring back Lal Bhadur Shastri's "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" slogan and give these dying farmers some means to get back on their feet - might not be free $ but incentives to just get them one their feet might not be such a bad idea. Even a measely Rs 1000 goes a long way. Nobody says anything when multi-national corps are given tax subsidies, tax holidays or special tax free zones created for them.