No, the poor arent sleeping peacefully

November 17, 2016 16:09

One has to be astonishingly callous or exceptionally removed from reality to think that the poor are sleeping peacefully and only the rich are frightened, needing sleeping pills in the wake of the great currency-exchange drama playing out in India. For that's what it is; old notes are being replaced with new, and a new note of even higher value is being added.But the fantasy description of blissfully asleep poor and terrified rich is just that'"a fantasy. Even a quick look at the videos being circulated of the people queueing up to change their money shows their frustration and anxiety; and even if they aren't below poverty line, they aren't rich. Read more

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