enhanced_deficit
06-11-2014, 09:13 AM
How stingy of uS tax payers, instead of goading droneking to do another "surge", they want to cut foreign intervention adventures :
Afghans worry as U.S. spending boom comes to an end
http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/05/28/Others/Images/2014-05-28/11665441_H12782231401307273.jpg?uuid=2inxluaiEeOnD uoYYyKTlw
A store assistant sits surrounded by gold jewelry displayed for sale inside Noor Shopping Center in Kabul. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
By Tim Craig June 9
KABUL — Zabi Tamanna’s life was transformed by the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
A few years after the American invasion in 2001, the Afghan photographer started a construction business. His work on U.S.-funded military bases made him a well-to-do man by local standards, allowing him to help put his sister through dental school, pay his brother’s high school tuition and buy himself a shiny new Toyota 4Runner.
But with American troops withdrawing and fears of violence swelling, Tamanna’s business is deteriorating quickly. Recently, he sold the SUV to get enough cash to pay his staff.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/afghans-worry-as-us-spending-boom-comes-to-an-end/2014/06/08/ec9645a0-e995-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html
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WikiLeaks: Afghan vice-president 'landed in Dubai with $52m in cash' (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/02/wikileaks-elite-afghans-millions-cash)
Afghan VIPs Steal $10 Million From You Every Day, in Cash (http://nation.time.com/2011/07/21/afghan-vips-steal-10-million-from-you-ever-day-in-cash/)
Afghans worry as U.S. spending boom comes to an end
http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_1484w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/05/28/Others/Images/2014-05-28/11665441_H12782231401307273.jpg?uuid=2inxluaiEeOnD uoYYyKTlw
A store assistant sits surrounded by gold jewelry displayed for sale inside Noor Shopping Center in Kabul. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)
By Tim Craig June 9
KABUL — Zabi Tamanna’s life was transformed by the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
A few years after the American invasion in 2001, the Afghan photographer started a construction business. His work on U.S.-funded military bases made him a well-to-do man by local standards, allowing him to help put his sister through dental school, pay his brother’s high school tuition and buy himself a shiny new Toyota 4Runner.
But with American troops withdrawing and fears of violence swelling, Tamanna’s business is deteriorating quickly. Recently, he sold the SUV to get enough cash to pay his staff.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/afghans-worry-as-us-spending-boom-comes-to-an-end/2014/06/08/ec9645a0-e995-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html
Related
WikiLeaks: Afghan vice-president 'landed in Dubai with $52m in cash' (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/02/wikileaks-elite-afghans-millions-cash)
Afghan VIPs Steal $10 Million From You Every Day, in Cash (http://nation.time.com/2011/07/21/afghan-vips-steal-10-million-from-you-ever-day-in-cash/)