H****g
发帖数: 14447 | 1 Boston Globe网站有一辑海地地震灾害两周年的照片，两周年过去了，依然是满目苍痍
，依然有五十万人无家可归，依然有许多人的生活还恢复不到灾前的水平，西方金主答
应援建的房子依然只存在图纸上，或者只有地基和墙。
海地一共也就不到1000万人口，2010年元月份的地震里，死了30多万，有100万人受灾
。按理说，海地有美国这个大善人的照应，又不是万恶的社会主义制度，怎么灾后重建
比地震本身还惨不忍睹呢？
进一步说，为什么美国不能像在亚洲输出资本主义一样，也在海地搞一个美式资本主义
试验田，把海地变成台湾啊南朝鲜啊新加坡一样的小蛇呢？难道这样对美国不是很有好
处吗？不是可以为中国的诸多带路党提供铁一样的证据，证明美式民主就是放之四海皆
准，就是致富而且民主的灵丹妙药？
反过来说，如果海地现在的确就是一人一票的西方民主制度，怎么海地灾后重建就搞成
了这副衰样？按西方记者的说法，恰恰是这种一人一票的所谓民主导致了领导人没有把
工作重点放在灾后重建上。原话是“The recovery bogs down under a political
leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy
aftermath”.
还是请大家自己看图吧。
A Haitian man sells used shoes in Port-au-Prince amidst earthquake damage on
Jan. 9, 2012. According to the UN some 50 percent of the rubble left by the
Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake still litters the Haitian capital. (Thony
Belizaire/AFP/Getty Images)
A girl walks past an abandoned helicopter Jan. 4, 2012 at a camp set up for
people displaced by the 2010 earthquake, in what used to be an airstrip in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Two years afterwards, more than half a million
Haitians are still homeless, and many who have homes are worse off than
before the Jan. 12, 2010 quake, as recovery bogs down under a political
leadership that has been preoccupied with elections and their messy
aftermath. (Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated Press) #
西方大善人援建的孤儿院 | e*u
发帖数: 10016 | | l*****i
发帖数: 20533 | 3 那些呼喊ngo比政府更可信更高效的人，应该好好看看号称‘ngo共和国’的海地，地震
之后，ngo们是如何花钱？比如大把购买陆地巡洋舰。
Land Cruiser nation
In a land sometimes referred to as "The Republic of NGOs," the money that
does stay in Haiti often fuels the NGO crowd's expensive taste for the
aesthetic of international aid.
And if you really want to see the face of humanitarian spending post-
earthquake in Haiti -- the financial clout of the NGOs -- there’s only one
place to go: the Toyota dealership in Port-au-Prince.
As with any cataclysm or war zone, a white Toyota Land Cruiser is perhaps
the ultimate symbol of international interventional power. And in and around
Port-au-Prince, the vehicles are omnipresent. At the dealership, a modern
and well-tended building on the city's airport road (with mirrored-glass
windows from floor to ceiling and a perfectly buffed showroom floor).
Inside the dealership, we finally run into nice woman in some sort of
managerial position, (don't use my name, she asks). We ask her how sales
have been.
"Oh," she says. "We buy a lot of Land Cruisers for sale to the NGOs. But,
you know what? A lot come from Gibraltar, too. Loaded off cargo ships that
the NGOs bring for themselves. You can tell those, they say Gibraltar on the
back, sort of near the license plate. I'd say -- here? -- the numbers are
probably 50 percent from us and 50 percent from Gibraltar."
But business is good?
The woman is leaning against a desk in the sales office. "I'd say that, for
us, 95 percent go to the NGOs, some go to rental agencies, which then rents
them to the NGOs and others. But, you know, for all of the Land Cruisers in
Haiti now, we also do the maintenance and repairs, if they get in accidents
we fix them."
How much does one cost?
"Each one, with taxes, is $61,100," she says. "If you have tax-free status,
you can get them for less, but then you have to take them with you or give
them away here. If you pay the taxes, you can just sell the car."
And how many do you sell a year?
The woman holds up her hand, right index finger pointed to the ceiling. "One
second," she says.
She disappears into an outlying office, then returns a minute later. Smiling
. "This year, we sold 250 of this model. But, you know, right after the
earthquake, for several months, we were probably selling that many Land
Cruisers every month. Maybe twice that many."
I start doing the math in my head. Let's see: 250 Land Cruisers at $61,000
each is, like, upward of $15 million dollars. So even if they sold only a
few more Land Cruisers in 2010 after the first few months (and you have to
assume they did) plus the 2011 sales numbers so far (it is December as we’
re reporting this), well, conservatively speaking that’s a gross cash
influx in the neighborhood of $100 million in the last two years (though of
course, some will have to go to taxes). Add to that the repair and
maintenance fees, and you’re looking at maybe $110 million. Maybe $150
million. And that's a conservative estimate.
The woman sees me starting to do the math. She knows this was probably not
the right thing to say. After all, if the NGOs figure out that she's being
disloyal, they might not use the dealership anymore. And as the only
dealership in the country, maybe all the Land Cruisers would begin to come
from Gibraltar. In the world of post-earthquake Haiti, it's the equivalent
of killing a goose laying golden eggs.
She doesn't want to talk anymore. In so many gentle ways, she suggests our
time together is over. As I leave the dealership, I can't help thinking
about all the rice being off-loaded from the Sarine and the money behind it,
getting there to help the people of Haiti. Some does appear to get spilled,
a little bit, and some of it goes into the bellies (and lives) of the
Haitians that need it so badly. But at least, after a week on the ground in
this beautiful, star-crossed, and hopeful island nation, now we know a
little better where all that money went -- or never got to at all. | h*****i
发帖数: 809 | 4 什么时候移民朝鲜？
【在 H****g 的大作中提到】
: Boston Globe网站有一辑海地地震灾害两周年的照片，两周年过去了，依然是满目苍痍
: ，依然有五十万人无家可归，依然有许多人的生活还恢复不到灾前的水平，西方金主答
: 应援建的房子依然只存在图纸上，或者只有地基和墙。
: 海地一共也就不到1000万人口，2010年元月份的地震里，死了30多万，有100万人受灾
: 。按理说，海地有美国这个大善人的照应，又不是万恶的社会主义制度，怎么灾后重建
: 比地震本身还惨不忍睹呢？
: 进一步说，为什么美国不能像在亚洲输出资本主义一样，也在海地搞一个美式资本主义
: 试验田，把海地变成台湾啊南朝鲜啊新加坡一样的小蛇呢？难道这样对美国不是很有好
: 处吗？不是可以为中国的诸多带路党提供铁一样的证据，证明美式民主就是放之四海皆
: 准，就是致富而且民主的灵丹妙药？
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