[kictanet] Who is government - for laffs

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Thanks Nnenna for throwing a lighter touch onto what for many of us was a
grievous situation - we pray that Cote D'Ivoire will recover quickly and
resume her position as the Pearl of Africa....

Brian

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna at nnenna.org> wrote:

> This is just a relief for you day:
>
> In the last few months in Côte d'Ivoire, we have had
> 1. The government
> 2. The State.
>
> The government were the one moving around in the country, controlling the
> army and the young patriots.  Simply put, Gbagbo was the government.
>
> Alassane Ouattara, on the other hand, was the state.  He  speaks with the
> international community, orders international institutions and receives
> official correspondences that were marked "the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire".
>  So he was the State. Folks called it "the Republic of Golf hotel"
>
> So workers wanted to know who was going to pay salaries! The State told us
> not pay taxes as yet, and the government said it needed the tax monies
> urgently. The government paid for December and half of February.. and ran
> out cash!
>
> Then things changed: the State took over power, and the government went
> into what was referred to as the "republic of Bunkerkistan".
>
> Thankfully, we now have the state and the government in one place.
> Salaries have gone through and by tomorrow, we will queue up for pay!
>
> Have a good day!
>
>
>
>
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>> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:40:31 +0300
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>> Thanks for the timely reminder but?.I am referring to the part of
>> government
>> that *collects tax *and spends it (in)/appropriately to address some
>> taxpayer's concerns such as roads, etc subsidies in times of hardship etc.
>>
>>
>> We are all government in an extrapolated sense...but let us focus on the
>> *net
>> tax collector* rather than the net taxpayer.
>>
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