As ironical as it can get, I am stranded in the "US". When I mentioned the same thing to a friend of mine, his response was both of awe and jest. He responded "Stranded in the US???".. "U r in, of all places, US" and "its no Haiti".. all in one breath.. But, Haiti or not, I am indeed stranded because of a certain Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland. Now that my maiden trip to the US has got stretched I have thought of penning a few thoughts about this country and make some comparisons with India:
1) The simplest way to erect a huge GDP is to remove any sort of public transportation system whatsoever.. No buses means: more cars -> more gas/petrol/fuel -> more revenue ..
2) Develop new technologies so that people can go from being dumb to dumber..the newest most addition being GPS. 20% Americans before this invention couldn't locate US on the world map. Sure a GPS would now help them do so.. meanwhile the haryana villager in India too didn't know where hollywood was when some Miss Raabert (Julia Roberts) came to India...he thought Hollywood to be some gaon !! How dumb - guess a GPS should solve his problems too..
3) Make everything big and make people believe that their life is worthless when something is small. So now a family size pizza in the US would mean that a typical Indian family can have 2 dinners and breakfast for the kid but an American would just do good with one meal.
4) Make a brand out of every damn thing..even if it meant a sandwich or a Sarah Palin look alike porn star..
5) Make people pay for every damn thing..even if it were an incoming call on a mobile phone..
6) Encourage people to play basket ball..this would have a long term impact on the economy..more people playing basketball -> bigger / taller population -> which has its own impacts such as
!!more clothes per person -> more sales of clothes when compared to any other country in the world even when women almost didn't wear any.
!!more space per person -> bigger cars -> here we can get back to point 1.
and -> we can then technically multiply India's GDP by 2 at least.
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Adding this point on 26.04.10 on receiving comments from friends
7) Outsource everything. Manufacturing to China, Services to India and south-east Asia, food grains to South America. Then the 'House' can concentrate all its energy on something that is not exactly 'White' and absolutely not outsourced . i.e manufacturing weapons..Meanwhile outsource terror to the Middle-east and get a Nobel Peace prize..of course outsource that decision too. to Europe this time.
