Icelanders moving to other countries

by dorisig007 | May 21, 2009 at 04:57 am
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An average ,one family per day,is now moving to other countries .
Icelanders are moving mostly to Norway.
And the goverment celebrates ,that Icelanders are moving from Iceland.
In a tv show this week,the Icelands Social minister ,mr. Arni Pall Arnasson,informed us ,that the goverment where going to help people who had bad bank debts.
He said that nobody would have to suffer for their bad debts,the goverment ,through the banks,would help people.
But later this week,he celebrated ,that familys where moving to other countries.
He said,that people would get educations and learn otheer jobs,and would come back to Iceland later,with great knowledge.

But history tells us,people wont come back.
If their lives are better in other countries,why should they move back to Iceland ?

Politicians in Iceland ,as in other countries,seem to live in an Ivory tower,and cant see what is happening on the ground ,where the public lives.

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jordan

What's the population of Iceland now? Last I heard it was just under 400,000.

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dorisig007

The population of Iceland is about 300.000

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amyjudd

One family per day? Wow

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Iffy

Politicians don't care: they are not accountable to the population nor do they need to be answerable to the population. Take Britain for example: an unelected prime minister lingers on in power, most people under the age of 45 do not vote. A smart politicians knows there is only thing they need to follow: the money. And the money comes from the companies in the private sector.

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