Comments on: Piggyfat the Pauper http://www.israellycool.com/2007/11/14/piggyfat-the-pauper/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Sat, 26 May 2012 04:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeffhttp://www.israellycool.com/2007/11/14/piggyfat-the-pauper/comment-page-1/#comment-12064 Jeff Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:14:57 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/11/14/piggyfat-the-pauper/#comment-12064 5000pounds a month is over $10,000. x 12 months = $120,000. I can see why this is hard to easily.follow along. Using rough numbers as I don't have the exact w/me, gaza has 1400 Charities. The Palestinians have gotten more than 4 times the aid of the Marshall plan per person than all of Europe had gotten for just 2 million people. Factor in the smuggled suitcases of money. We see the pattern.It's not that they're poor by western Standards. They're poor by their OWN standards! Apparently the Palestinian idea of minimum wage or middle class is something like being Britney Spears. It's just a cultural misunderstand you see! Imagine only getting $120,000/year when you look around and all you see are rich sheiks in Omam or Arabia and so on and the mansions in the West Bank. And then look at the Israeli standard of living. It's just jealousy and coveting. 5000pounds a month is over $10,000. x 12 months = $120,000. I can see why this is hard to easily.follow along. Using rough numbers as I don’t have the exact w/me, gaza has 1400 Charities. The Palestinians have gotten more than 4 times the aid of the Marshall plan per person than all of Europe had gotten for just 2 million people. Factor in the smuggled suitcases of money. We see the pattern.

It’s not that they’re poor by western Standards. They’re poor by their OWN standards! Apparently the Palestinian idea of minimum wage or middle class is something like being Britney Spears. It’s just a cultural misunderstand you see! Imagine only getting $120,000/year when you look around and all you see are rich sheiks in Omam or Arabia and so on and the mansions in the West Bank. And then look at the Israeli standard of living. It’s just jealousy and coveting.

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