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In response to another question, he used Thursday's visit to the White House by the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, to make a point about the need for good job opportunities.
"I had the emir of Qatar come by the Oval Office today," Obama said. "Pretty influential guy. He is a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East. Reform, reform, reform. ... Now he himself is not reforming significantly. There's no big move toward democracy in Qatar. But you know part of the reason is that the per capita income of Qatar is $145,000 a year. That will dampen a lot of conflict.
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."
Originally posted by Sounds_of_Silence
I want more buckets of KFC and watermelons. You guy's can't really complain about all this can you. First you kept black people as slaves and now you have a black man as your president, how would you feel? Who here raised money for his campaign? Biggest pyramid scam in the whole world, Madoff would have been proud.
Originally posted by RicoMarston
reply to post by gncnew
on to the OP. Per capita income is not welfare. that means the entire GDP of Qatar divided by their total population; the average income for each citizen. Income. That they make themselves.
regardless of interpretation, or misinterpretation, great find.
Originally posted by spinalremain
Wake up?
Now where have I seen that before?
Oh yeah (Deutschland Erwache!)
I knew Fox news were really Nazis!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by beezzer
You see the same entitlement mentality here on ATS daily.
It's evil corporations not Obamas' fault.
Tax the rich, they don't give enough.
The threads about the public union protests in Wisconsin, we want more money.
That free Obama money that so many want. Our societal dependence on social security, Medicare/Medicaid, welfare programs. Thanks to (Bush initially) and Obama later, our unemployment is higher than ever and we have 3 years of unemployment insurance assured to us.
*GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!*
And people are now surprised when our government wants to tell us what to eat, drink, smoke, wear, live, say, do.
We've (as a society) looked to our government as a parent so why get surprised when it acts like one?
Freedoms and rights are only reserved for people that can handle and deserve them.
I can't honestly say that our country deserves those rights and freedoms that so many died for.
Shame.
Originally posted by gncnew
In response to another question, he used Thursday's visit to the White House by the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, to make a point about the need for good job opportunities.
"I had the emir of Qatar come by the Oval Office today," Obama said. "Pretty influential guy. He is a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East. Reform, reform, reform. ... Now he himself is not reforming significantly. There's no big move toward democracy in Qatar. But you know part of the reason is that the per capita income of Qatar is $145,000 a year. That will dampen a lot of conflict.
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."
Fox News
Did you catch it? Right there at the end?
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."
Hmmm... what problems exactly? And what opportunities?
On the face of it - Obama is saying "If people think their lives can get better (i.e. "hope") then political issues go away."
Underneath it though, and if read in context, he's relating that because Qatar's populace is spoon fed roughly $145k government handouts, they've got no problem with being run by a monarchy (aka: dictatorship).
WAKE UP AMERICA! They're coming for your freedoms, not at the point of a gun, but with a spoon full of sugar.
I'm curious if that woman got her free gas yet?
Originally posted by beezzer
You see the same entitlement mentality here on ATS daily.
It's evil corporations not Obamas' fault.
Tax the rich, they don't give enough.
The threads about the public union protests in Wisconsin, we want more money.
That free Obama money that so many want. Our societal dependence on social security, Medicare/Medicaid, welfare programs. Thanks to (Bush initially) and Obama later, our unemployment is higher than ever and we have 3 years of unemployment insurance assured to us.
*GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!*
And people are now surprised when our government wants to tell us what to eat, drink, smoke, wear, live, say, do.
We've (as a society) looked to our government as a parent so why get surprised when it acts like one?
Freedoms and rights are only reserved for people that can handle and deserve them.
I can't honestly say that our country deserves those rights and freedoms that so many died for.
Shame.
Originally posted by maybereal11
Originally posted by gncnew
In response to another question, he used Thursday's visit to the White House by the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, to make a point about the need for good job opportunities.
"I had the emir of Qatar come by the Oval Office today," Obama said. "Pretty influential guy. He is a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East. Reform, reform, reform. ... Now he himself is not reforming significantly. There's no big move toward democracy in Qatar. But you know part of the reason is that the per capita income of Qatar is $145,000 a year. That will dampen a lot of conflict.
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."
Fox News
Did you catch it? Right there at the end?
"I make this point only because if there is opportunity, if people feel their lives can get better, then a lot of these problems get solved."
Hmmm... what problems exactly? And what opportunities?
Revolutions in the Mid-East. Revolutions are less likely to happen when the average per capita is 145k.
On the face of it - Obama is saying "If people think their lives can get better (i.e. "hope") then political issues go away."
Opportunity to make money...work...employment. Egypt, Tunsenia, Libya...the people tolerated those dictatorships more or less, as long as there was economic opportunity. It wasn't until that dried up that the revolutions came to a head.
Underneath it though, and if read in context, he's relating that because Qatar's populace is spoon fed roughly $145k government handouts, they've got no problem with being run by a monarchy (aka: dictatorship).
WAKE UP AMERICA! They're coming for your freedoms, not at the point of a gun, but with a spoon full of sugar.
Uhhhh...The US Gov has no sugar to give...have you been watching the news? We aren't one of the worlds largest oil producers with a tiny population like Qatar (1.5 Million).
Qatar has the world's largest per capita production and proven reserves of both oil and natural gas.
In 2010, Qatar had the world's highest GDP per capita, while the economy grew by 19.40%, the fastest in the world.
Qatar has the highest human development in the Arab world after the United Arab Emirates.
en.wikipedia.org...
For efs sake...thier economy GREW 20% last year....what are you missing here?
I think any rational observer understands his words....Economics and political unrest are closely related.
BTW - I have no delusions that rational thought or facts will have any bearing on such an OP, but I feel obligated to offer the facts anyways.
edit on 15-4-2011 by maybereal11 because: (no reason given)edit on 15-4-2011 by maybereal11 because: (no reason given)