People of the west enjoyed African fortune for several hundred of years with no bargain. In this civilized world no one deny this fact every one of us knows that it is so unjust for the same people to live mythical over the Africans. One scholar said White people owe the Africans more that 650 trillion American dollars. Most of the world will laugh over this figure but the fact of the matter is we will definitely be in a better place had there been no foreign interference in our history.
It is not my intention to judge the westerners for their deed because I believe in my heart that our today Africa doesn’t need all those dollars to change its state of being. Let’s forget our doomed history to discuss our current situation, who are our current economic barons? Who own the market? Who is milking us? Narrowing my domain to my country, Ethiopia, my answer is the “The chosen Few” this few are not westerners but they are citizens affiliate to the government. The government seems to entertain by levying every possible tax, the value added tax, turn over tax, income tax, sales tax you name it and now the sur tax, on the common people while allowing the affiliates to swindle by any means. In the name of Investment people close to the government are allowed to import goods on tax free basis now you see luxurious sedans on the streets in disguise of investment for the poor people. An Ethiopian is requested to pay three times much as compared to the American for a Japan made vehicle. Scholars abroad, even during the military regime, where given the opportunity to bring a car on tax free basis when returned home but following the 2005 election fraud and the reaction from scholars abroad the government didn’t take time to deny this privilege. Today money is flowing to the hands of some who have no idea how to make a good use of it. Ethiopia must be the only place where an investor completes a nine story building in six years and constitute a new bank in three months time with a capital to the surprise of many including the prime minister.
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