Amelia Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Indian girl's one-rupee suicide BBC News.com A 12-year-old Indian girl committed suicide after her mother told her she could not afford one rupee - two US cents - for a school meal. Sania Khatun lived with her mother in a village north of Calcutta under a tarpaulin sheet provided by the state. Sania normally ate nothing at school but on Friday saw classmates eating rice and asked for one rupee. Her mother scolded her and when she returned from work found her daughter hanged from the ceiling with a sari. "She wanted just one rupee... but her mother could not give her the money due to poverty," government official Nakul Chandran Mahato told the Reuters agency. 'Snapped' The mother, Jainab Bewar, is a widow who works as a maid in the village of Paraspur, 200km (125 miles) north of Calcutta. She normally fed her daughter with food she could get from the houses she worked in. India's Telegraph newspaper said Sania was tempted by the sight of classmates eating puffed rice and oil cakes. Ms Bewar told the newspaper: "I did not give her the money as I did not have it. I snapped at her when she insisted on it." She and her sons never earn more than $13 a month combined, she says. India has seen unprecedented economic growth in recent years but many remain untouched by the improvements. A recent UN report said half of India's children were still malnourished. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 Quote: India has seen unprecedented economic growth in recent years but many remain untouched by the improvements. Growth for the powerful over here in the USA....There's some more that's wrong with America....If America is going to claim Christianity, then she should start acting more Christian. Exploiting the poor is reprehensible.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I disagree, Brother Robert. Many complain about American jobs getting exported but the exportation of American jobs helps solve problems just like these. In Mexico, the American factories pay the most, provide better benefits and have the best working conditions. By doing so, the American factories attract the "cream of the crop" among the available labor force. Entire communities spring up around American factories. As the workers earn more than they did before they consume more. They go out to eat more, buy cars, buy land, etc. Mechanic shops spring up. Beauty solons, resturants, grocery stores, building contractors, car dealers, department stores, etc all start up around these factories. When American companies build factories overseas they are spreading part of America's wealth. In exchange, Americans get inexpensive products. It is a win/win situation. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 Shane, its been proven that many of those overseas factories are not spreading the weath to the workers. The buck is stopping somewhere in management. Many factory workers are slaves to their jobs so much that they fear ever leaving their manchines or tables; so they sleep in the factories and never leave. So the economy has been changing in India? Then why is there a whole class of people living and scrounging in the city dump? Why hasnt the Indian government done anything? Why hasnt America? Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr /> its been proven that many of those overseas factories are not spreading the weath to the workers. <hr /></blockquote><font class="post"> This is not true of Mexico. I have done a lot of mission work in parts of Mexico that boom due to American and Japanesse factories. They pay the workers the maximum wage allowed by the government plus give them benifits like vouchers to the company store - which is a grocery store. In fact the richest states in Mexico are the northern states that have a lot of American factories. I can't speak for India but if it is different there I suspect their government is more to blame than business. Business is all about supply and demand. Whenever there is a demand, bussiness meets it. We, the American people, demand cheap goods so business meets our demands. If we want to play the blame game we need not go any further than our own mirror. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Shane, you are wrong....I know that first hand. The average hourly rate at the manufacturing division where I work is $25/hr....Our plant operating in Mexico pays $1.67/hr. So we pay them $1.67/hr...and our company saves $23.33/hr....You say this goes into the consumers’ pocket, but I disagree. Wal-Mart, for example, prices just under their competition. They went from profits of about 20% to 60% while Americans (because of unfair trade laws) lost jobs. Now the guy in Mexico who makes $1.67/hr (US dollars) is getting about $18 Pesos and hour, but the point is the American business owner pockets some 253 Pesos and hour for one worker.... American workers can't "fairly" compete with the "unfair" polices created by Clinton and Bush....Clinton might not have realized the outcome, but Bush knows it and continues to "screw" over the middle class. The issue? Money...big money for Corporate America.... Sure, the Mexicans are doing a little better, but it’s the corporations and their appetite for greed that allows economic slavery.... Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 Quote: We, the American people, demand cheap goods so business meets our demands. If we want to play the blame game we need not go any further than our own mirror. The problem is "unfair trade laws". I know for a fact China's environmental laws are much less strict their our own. Workers in China can't even strike or get union representation. Why? Our government (run by big business) is in bed with their communistic leaders....Ain't it funny what money and greed will do to old enemies? Spreading the wealth? Not.... Making the rich, richer? Bingo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr /> The average hourly rate at the manufacturing division where I work is $25/hr....Our plant operating in Mexico pays $1.67/hr. <hr /></blockquote><font class="post"> $1.67/hr is good pay in Mexico. Believe it or not, Mexicans line up for jobs like that. That comes out to $66/week!!! That is very good. Most Mexicans working in factories earn $50/week with overtime . Believe it or not, $1.67/hour jobs in Mexico alliviate poverty in the region. If this girl's mother had been earning $1.67/hour she would have been able to buy her the rice she wanted. The Mexican government actually caps the amount these factories can pay the workers. The factories would pay more so as to attract better workers but the government is concerned about inflation so they cap the wages. That is why many of the factories have company stores that sell groceries and misc. items. In addition to the hourly wage they give out vouchers that can be used at the company store as an incentive not to miss work. I.e. an employee that goes a month without missing any days of work may recieve a $25 or $50 voucher for the company store. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 </font><blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr /> She and her sons never earn more than $13 a month combined, she says <hr /></blockquote><font class="post"> That makes $1.67/hour look pretty good. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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