Well, I must say this is a rather pessimistic post. The bottom line is, like it or not, our country is in a very sad economic state. Few years ago things were looking better, but things have worsened over last few years. People are sick of not finding well paying jobs, being pressured and threatened by taxes and regulations that are often over the top by the government, and as a result many are leaving.
Most other are able to get by with money sent over by diasporan armenians, and if it was not for that money, our situation would be much more grave. I hear stories of all the apartments that are for sale in Yerevan, and when you go, at every apartment there are suitcases, and people are getting ready to leave the country. I can attest also by the experiences of my relatives and friends.
A thing on many people's minds is how to get out of Armenia, not how to improve or change, but how to get out. People are have no hope in the government and are very pessimistic in the future, and especially the government and president.
It's near impossible to succeed with your own business if you don't have the right connections, and with the gap between the oligarchic elite class and the lower class is very wide, with little chance of jumping into that elite class. The morale of our people is at a low, especially regarding the state of the republic.
What must be done to save our country from this sorry state, to revitalise economy, to make more jobs available to people, and protect rights of workers? To cut down on monopolies and encourage private businesses? And to limit heavily the influence of big business and oligarchs on government? And most importantly, to cut down on the corruption plaguing our country, and make the government and police respectable to the people. And finally, to make an army a place people want to serve, not a place people do anything to evade.
We cannot let our country continue in this way, or else the results will be disastrous.
Most other are able to get by with money sent over by diasporan armenians, and if it was not for that money, our situation would be much more grave. I hear stories of all the apartments that are for sale in Yerevan, and when you go, at every apartment there are suitcases, and people are getting ready to leave the country. I can attest also by the experiences of my relatives and friends.
A thing on many people's minds is how to get out of Armenia, not how to improve or change, but how to get out. People are have no hope in the government and are very pessimistic in the future, and especially the government and president.
It's near impossible to succeed with your own business if you don't have the right connections, and with the gap between the oligarchic elite class and the lower class is very wide, with little chance of jumping into that elite class. The morale of our people is at a low, especially regarding the state of the republic.
What must be done to save our country from this sorry state, to revitalise economy, to make more jobs available to people, and protect rights of workers? To cut down on monopolies and encourage private businesses? And to limit heavily the influence of big business and oligarchs on government? And most importantly, to cut down on the corruption plaguing our country, and make the government and police respectable to the people. And finally, to make an army a place people want to serve, not a place people do anything to evade.
We cannot let our country continue in this way, or else the results will be disastrous.
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