Re: CLQ chart, page-625

Benefit of the doubt? Nothing to do with painting and brushes here. The DRC has an average GDP of $384/year. Australia's is $50,000! So here flies this white billionaire in his big private jet into impoverished black Africa, presumably to argue against the country keeping even a few more percent of the huge profit imperial corporations make on the COUNTRY'S minerals. What are the chances of him arguing for HIGHER taxes? I would be embarrassed if I were RF. Pathetic. And, no, you can't blame the corruption for this extreme level of poverty on corruption--there just enough money for 75 million people. And foreign corporations have been sucking resources for more than 100 years--how much wealth has been allowed to remain in the country. Ugly, but seems difficult for shareholders to care when it comes to making money--sure don't expect thumbs-up for this kind of post, only anger.