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Falklands releases “State of the Economy” and “Living Wage” reports
The Falkland Islands has released two new documents, the Islands State of the Economy and on income needed to comfortably cover all of a household's expenses. The Falklands enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the Americas with low inflation and virtually full employment. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAnd why doesn't Santa Cruz, Chubut & TdFuego present the same living standards with identical climates and resources.???
Mar 25th, 2015 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Because they have being governed by NARCO-KIRCHNERISM since the 1990s and they parasite the Argentine central provinces. Filthy leeches them Patagonians.
I can't wait for Paul Cedron to get on this one:
Mar 25th, 2015 - 10:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”What economy? You call that an economy? How can 200 isleters on some stinking rocks have an economy? What a complete joke! They don't even have a decent hotel, coffee shops, restaurants or a CT scanner. Why doesn't this 4th rate publication look at a proper country with proper cities instead of these stupid islets? And who did the report anyway? Some British idiot who looks like he should be selling tickets on a 1970s double decker bus (sorry Jamie; please understand I am in character!). Stupid ridiculous fucking islets!
#2
Mar 26th, 2015 - 12:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Question, weren't you originally Joe Blogs?
Or are you a troll?
You might also explain WHY the islanders would prefer an economy controlled by Argentina...
Joe Bloggs
Mar 26th, 2015 - 12:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0spot on
wise words
at least an isleter with a brain
Nice try, but it's just typical Argentine bullsh*t as the real Joe Has been impersonated...
Mar 26th, 2015 - 12:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0“You might also explain WHY the islanders would prefer an economy controlled by Argentina...”
Mar 26th, 2015 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Argentine Patagonian side can do the same activities, fishing, tourism, mutton and lamb exports plus far more, and get cheaper food which they dont have to import... Yet they are all a bunch of lazy public employees pretending to be welsh, Germans or “Scandinavians” like you know who.
Now a friend of mine that lives in Gallegos told me that hospitals there attend pay for 4 receptionists, one attends the rest gossip all morning. In Chubut the public hospital the employees are more sick than the patients and live ill...
Its time for another desert campaign me thinks...
3, 5 Chicureo
Mar 26th, 2015 - 08:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0I am Joe Bloggs. Last year I got so bored with MP that I didn't look at it for several months. Then next time I went to log in I realised I'd forgotten my password and had to set up a new account. It wouldn't let me use Joe so I settled for Jo. My post is just taking the micky out of Paul which made me laugh afterwards when I looked on the thread under the story about our economy because Paul had posted something very similar to what I'd posted here.
4 Paul Cedron
I have a few questions for you to answer. Don't bother answering them on here but ask them to yourself anyway and see what the answers are. Try doing it whilst looking at yourself in the mirror:
1. Do you think anyone who reads your public posts takes any notice of you?
2. Given the nature of your repetitive, predictable abuse, do you think you have any credibility?
3. When was the last time you did something that made you feel proud of yourself?
Like I said: don't post your answers on here because you'll just further discredit yourself. Instead of telling this dumb fucking isleter to crawl back under his stinking rock, just have a think about it and try to decide what it is you think you're trying to achieve by posting all of your silly, childish abuse all of the time.
Mr. Bloggs,
Mar 26th, 2015 - 09:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0You have my sincere apologies for questioning your identify as well as intentions.
Chicureo
It comes to something when a tiny island has a better economy than its giant neighbour, who wants to steal it,
Mar 26th, 2015 - 10:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0Now looking at this face value, it shows what a decent democratic normal government can do,
Rather than a near dictatorship and corrupt Argentina,
Perhaps if Argentina took a leaf out of the islands book and stopped the aggression, the harassment and threats,
Removed their claim, grew up and decided to join the real world , paid its debts looked after the people and generally run the country for the benefit of its people, rather than the pockets of the corrupt,
Perhaps Argentina, one day will emerge as a good second rate country,
Reasonably wealthy and on good terms with all its neighbours
And a respected member of the community,
Still,
It’s up to the people,
And only time will tell,
Just saying like.
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@1. Santa Cruz - US$3.3 billion. Chubut - US$4.7 billion. Tierra del Fuego - US$2.6 billion. Falkland Islands - US$164.5 million.
Mar 26th, 2015 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@7. You need to use some intelligence. At what point in time do you think some argie feckwit would have a mirror or know what its purpose is? Given recently researched data on argie use of narcotics, a mirror is for use with a razor blade to make the line look bigger. Everything argie has to look bigger and better. That's the purpose of the mirror. Like the argie armed forces, they only 'look' bigger. I'll bet Pablo even whacks someone else's todger on the mirror. Now, you've asked some interesting and pertinent questions. But there are some long words in there. Consider 'something'. Have you seen the definitions? Four different pronouns. An adjective. Two adverbs. A verb and two nouns. And all the derivations. And two syllables as well. Don't you think that's asking a bit much?
@9. Do NOT mention 'taking' a leaf out of a book. Isn't 'taking' argieland's main problem? What's this 'claim'? Then there was a whole list of impossibilities. Let them concentrate on trying to forget their mentally-retarded baboon unmarried parents first. Whoops, did I mention little Pablo's ancestry out loud?
Well,
Mar 26th, 2015 - 01:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they can but dream.
imbecile 7
Mar 26th, 2015 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Do you think anyone who reads your public posts takes any notice of you?”
let me see...
”2 Jo Bloggs (#)
Mar 25th, 2015 - 10:51 pm“
”I can't wait for Paul Cedron to get on this one:”
maybe you?
what an imbecile. lol
10.
Mar 26th, 2015 - 03:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Great, now divide the GDP of the Patagonian provinces by 0.75 and 0.5, transform the GDP into the real exchange rate 13 AR$ to each US$, take away the direct and indirect subsidies, social welfare. And divide the new GDP over the population of the provinces and finally compare that to the FI GDP per capita 55.000 US$ per year
Hey guys, be fair!
Mar 26th, 2015 - 05:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You can't compare the economy and standard of living on the Islands with that of a turd!
It's very unfair on the turd!
Ha, ha, ha.
13. Sorry I meant multiply the GDP of the Patagonian provinces by any where between 0.75 and 0.5 where the actual Argentine GDP is inflated and overestimated by INDEC.
Mar 26th, 2015 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0FI exports with 3000 ppl over 10% of what Chubut (Think's province) officialy exports with half a Million ppl.
And yet Patagonia COULD be so productive.
Mar 30th, 2015 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0The people SHOULD have a great living standard with all their resources.
lts not the land's fault,
So it must be the people.
paulcedron, you are an Oxygen Thief.
shut up isolda and go to your room.
Apr 01st, 2015 - 02:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and without a fuss, missy.
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