Dancing with the Sitars
Obama brought his song-and-dance act to Mumbai and Delhi to try to win over the Indians. Apparently, he’s succeeded with the Hindu Indians; not so much with the Muslims.
Part of his Indian mission is to broker peace between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region. The other part was to negotiate a fairer trade deal between the U.S. and the sub-continent. Good luck with that.
He tried to appeal to the better angels of the Indian public and investors.
According to the U.K. Daily Mail, Obama said, “Unemployment in the U.S. is very high now, relative to what it is typically. Although we are making progress, we are not making progress quickly enough.”
Not quickly enough to save the mid-term elections. And who he is kidding, pleading poverty to one of the most impoverished nations on the earth? Surely, living much closer to India, in Indonesia, he heard the tales of Bombay and Delhi, of how garbage trucks how to go around to pick up the bodies of the people who starved to death during the night?
But thanks to our labor unions and the raising of the minimum wage, American business decided to do itself and the Indians a favor; they flew our American jobs halfway around the world.
He also said he wanted to bolster the Indian economy, to help them become a world business leader. His visit had rather the opposite effect on the economies in Mumbai and Delhi.
The Daily Mail reports:
“His visit may appear to be popular among Indian people, but much of Mumbai's workforce can't wait for Barack Obama to leave. Taxi drivers, street vendors and fishermen have complained they can barely afford to eat after the city was turned into a fortress for the state visit.
“All major roads have been blocked in India's financial capital - leaving taxi drivers without work for five days. Sandeep Jaiswal, 22, said he had earned just £2 in five days - compared with £21 on a normal day.
“'We have been left out of business. Because of him we are sitting idle for days now. First I was excited the American President was coming to my city but now I request him to leave us as soon as possible so that we could earn our bread and butter.'
“Fishermen have been banned from the coastline in case of attack from the sea and shopkeepers have complained about having to shut during the busy Diwali period.”
Good job, Obama. Ruining economies around the world.
Part of his Indian mission is to broker peace between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region. The other part was to negotiate a fairer trade deal between the U.S. and the sub-continent. Good luck with that.
He tried to appeal to the better angels of the Indian public and investors.
According to the U.K. Daily Mail, Obama said, “Unemployment in the U.S. is very high now, relative to what it is typically. Although we are making progress, we are not making progress quickly enough.”
Not quickly enough to save the mid-term elections. And who he is kidding, pleading poverty to one of the most impoverished nations on the earth? Surely, living much closer to India, in Indonesia, he heard the tales of Bombay and Delhi, of how garbage trucks how to go around to pick up the bodies of the people who starved to death during the night?
But thanks to our labor unions and the raising of the minimum wage, American business decided to do itself and the Indians a favor; they flew our American jobs halfway around the world.
He also said he wanted to bolster the Indian economy, to help them become a world business leader. His visit had rather the opposite effect on the economies in Mumbai and Delhi.
The Daily Mail reports:
“His visit may appear to be popular among Indian people, but much of Mumbai's workforce can't wait for Barack Obama to leave. Taxi drivers, street vendors and fishermen have complained they can barely afford to eat after the city was turned into a fortress for the state visit.
“All major roads have been blocked in India's financial capital - leaving taxi drivers without work for five days. Sandeep Jaiswal, 22, said he had earned just £2 in five days - compared with £21 on a normal day.
“'We have been left out of business. Because of him we are sitting idle for days now. First I was excited the American President was coming to my city but now I request him to leave us as soon as possible so that we could earn our bread and butter.'
“Fishermen have been banned from the coastline in case of attack from the sea and shopkeepers have complained about having to shut during the busy Diwali period.”
Good job, Obama. Ruining economies around the world.
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