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some estrimates I am reading have the Afghanistan mineral wealth now estimated at $3 trillon -- nm

Posted by Beaker (aka Anniebecca) Jun 17 '10, 08:46

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hopefully someone does the right thing and makes sure the Afghan people see this money. - ty97 Jun 17, 08:51 11
- Not to be contrary, but how do US citizens, like ourselves, reap the benefits of the natural resources mined in our country and sold? - oblique Jun 17, 08:54 10
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  - royalties and wages. - Reagen Jun 17, 08:56 3
    - Golden palaces for all government officials! -- nm - Ender Jun 17, 09:00 2
      - Iraq's a case study in wasting a country's resources. -- nm - Reagen Jun 17, 09:02 1
        
        Most of that region is. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:05
  - jobs, infrastructure (through taxes and improvements necessary to care for workers) -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 08:55 4
    - And how would that be different if mining operations were to start in Afghanistan? -- nm - oblique Jun 17, 08:56 3
      - All that money directed to the 'warlords' shell companies; below market wages if at all and they keep the billions earned. - Will Hunting Jun 17, 09:03
      - "get in and get out" mentality I'm thinking. Get what you can while spending the least amount possible (Nigeria's oil springs to mind). -- nm - Beaker Jun 17, 09:01
      - Because it's already the most corrupt place on the pkanet, even before it realised it was sitting on a trillion dollars -- nm - Roger More Jun 17, 09:00
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