Comments on: What is the real opportunity cost of the $13 million Kafue Flyover Bridge? https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/ Keeping you Informed Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Spuds https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960373 Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:25 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960373 …to attack PF on job creation. Now go tell your neighbors that!

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]]> By: Spuds https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960371 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 23:59:38 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960371 Surely, Mr. Anthony there are many good reasons for government to invest in infrastructure. That’s what governments do!

You may wish to criticize this specific project but can’t compare the “opportunity cost” of a flyover to a textile factory. No party is going to mobilize enough public resources to cover the cost of job creation (in Zambia or any other country!) and you would be far better off to to talk about what UPND would do different from PF to attract private investment to Zambia while safeguarding social equity, the environment and so (i.e. other public goods). From what the UPND member has written here, it seems his party thinks public infrastructure is unimportant compared with state-owned factories. Sorry, that’s bad economics and not the right place to attack PF on…

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]]> By: Soso https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960353 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 21:49:58 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960353 In reply to Miles Mulenga.

Not wealthy commenting on. This is pure childish talk. This usually happen when you look at all thing through a political eye. You can notice the economic importance of the Lusaka decongestion project honestly. Please remove the veil which is clouding you thinking process no matter what side of the political divide you are. Every one here knows that from unip to pf regime there have over 19 recapitalization for mulugushi textile with huge sums of money but nothing has come out. Mulungushi has been a cash cow and successful government have used it to suck money from the state and for political gain in central province and upnd wants to sing the same all song about a old and tired factory what a she . if they have rain out of new ideas let than hire some think tanks to counter the PF…

]]> By: ECONOMICS STUDENT https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960101 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:45:16 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960101 Mulungushi Textiles was brain child of UNIP government and it served the purpose at the time until capitalist MMD came into power it became a white elephant. PF ideology is PRO POOR, thus it’s a mixed economy and UPND is hard core CAPITALISM and I can see it remaining as such if UPND came into power by mistake.
Under UPND, ZESCO, NAPSA, ZAFFICO IDC will be no more because CAPITALISM favours market forces as opposed to subsidies. CORRUPTION, UNEMPLOYMENT and GREED will the order of the day as these three are the main disadvantages of CAPITALISM and outweighs the advantages by far. Government will have no business in business but just few Greed wealthy people running and controlling both the Economy and Government
So Anthony leave Mulungushi and Kafue textiles to PRO POOR Governments…

]]> By: ECONOMICS STUDENT https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960083 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:01:57 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960083 Anthony be reminded that PF ideology is PRO POOR and UPND is hard core CAPITALISM.
Note that though there may be some advantages with CAPITALISM but three main disadvantages outweigh the advantages and these are
1, CORRUPTION, 2, UNEMPLOYMENT and 3, GREED and worse off there will be No SUBSIDIES, NO PARASTATALS. Implying Government having no business in business,
meaning only few people will amass the countries wealthy and be in control of both the economy and Government.
If for UPND by mistake came into power, the three disadvantages above will be the order of the day. ZESCO, NAPSA, IDC, ZAFFICO will be no more and come in
will be ANGLO AMERICAN
Mealie Meal prices will be determined by market force and wont be cheap..

Am chalenging you Anthony to deny the above that they wont…

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]]> By: Kalok https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960033 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:37:35 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960033 @ Spaka, well said. Matter of fact you are discussing the systemic matters that I alluded to. Well, America itself has a vibrant secondhand market even as they sustain their own clothing industry but it is deliberate and it is structured. So you have charity drives (and I have learned a lot from those) as well as “seasonal fashions” that drive the ins and outs of textile and supports its growth deliberately. If we can weave the police uniform angle into our system that is already a small way in supporting our textile industry; but we do import those if I am not mistaken. Minds like yours will slowly help reshape different sectors of our country no doubt.

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]]> By: The Voice of Reason https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2960007 Tue, 04 Aug 2020 06:54:50 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2960007 Problem is exaggerating figures. Where do you get the 13 million dollar figure from. And don’t give me that UPND nonsense of ‘so you don’t know’. Give a source we can all check and confirm.

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]]> By: THE SAINT https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2959915 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:49:37 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2959915 Dear Anthony Bwalya, on a forum like this, you are speaking largely to the converted and to a few people who are oblivious to facts by virtue of being cadres that are eating well already and change threatens them in more ways than one. The problem with UPND is what Michael Sata said when UPND and PF were in alliance in UDA. After the technical talk by HH, Sata then said, ‘Now, listen to politics. I talk politics.’ HH and UPND has not learned how to condescend and speak to a 5 year old child to understand. Even I with a university degree, am lost with your Arithmetic. What more the masses?

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]]> By: Mabwe Kabwe https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2959913 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:44:34 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2959913 Has the infrastructure changed the lives of the people of Chawama and other surrounding areas? Not at all. Meanwhile they will have to pay the $15 million loan for many years to come.

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]]> By: Tarino Orange https://www.lusakatimes.com/2020/08/03/what-is-the-real-opportunity-cost-of-the-13-million-kafue-flyover-bridge/#comment-2959911 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 22:42:59 +0000 https://www.lusakatimes.com/?p=290579#comment-2959911 I have told UPND chaps here that this guy Anthony is too hot headed to write articles for them…where is he getting $13 million loan figure, the overrall figure is $289m India EXIM has loaned Zambian govt …do you research before rushing to write articles.

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