On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Gilbert Lawrence wrote: > So now my question: > If Goa was not a money-making asset to Portugal, how did the then > natives (those seeking Goa 'finding its own destiny' / independence) > think they would have a positive balance of payments by running things > themselves? Or in other words where would they have expanded their > revenues or cut their costs? Mind you the natives were not thinking of > any "defense outlays" or how they would pay for all the economic /social > growth of the citizens. > > I look forward to your scholarly response and that from others. GL
Such issues are made on emotions, not economics. If we read today some of the demands for statehood for Goa in the 'eighties, these make strange reading now. It was pretty obvious too that statehood would place a lot of financial pressures on Goa. Together with that, we got a greater deal of malgovernance. But the trend then was to support, vociferously, the idea of statehood. FN -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net Ph 0091.832.2409490 Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org Ph 0091.832.2409783 http://fredericknoronha.blogware.com Cell 0 9822 122436 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
