Is life in your country getting better or worse?

Before responding to your discussion, I checked first your profile, I thought you were also from our country because we almost experienced the same thing. In our country, which is Philippines, life situation continuously to become works. There are lots of laborers who had loss their jobs.You can see a lot of street children in every corners in our country.We cannot get any support from the government because most of the officials in our country is corrupt officials.They are just looking for their own good. Most of the citizens of the country decided to leave the country and look for a better opportunities in other countries. If this will continue to happen, Philippines, will be invaded by other nationalities.I hope our government officials can read this and can act in the current situation of our country,thanks for sharing.happy myloting!!

Actually, I think my country, china, has been devoleping rapidly and is getting better and better. Though there are still many poor people, but compare with the situaition ten years or more ago, I have to say, this is a great age now. I remember when I was a kid, there was only one TV set in my village, but now, young people go to the big cities to study, to work, to do business, and the situation is much better now, computers can be seen in many houses. I think there are a huge number of opportunities in china nowadays, you can see many foreigners work here. So, as long as people can learn and improve their own abilities, they can live well in this country.

I am in Kent, in UK. Yes things are worse since the arrival of the immigrants lately. The Slovaks seem to be the worst. Many of them do not work, they just sit in their groups in the town centre, intimidating people, spitting, robbing etc. They make no attempt to fit in and their children in the local schools (I work in one of them) are mostly awful, swearing, fighting etc. Yes my town and my country are getting worse

HI,yes,our country is the same with yours,in most countrysides,you almost cant see young people,you only see old people and children,the adults have gone the big city to earn money to support their families,just traditional spring festivals ,the pareents will come home.usually,their children cant meet their parents,people live is very poor,especilly for peasant,they are poorer,goverment dont care them.

Mainland. The Peaple Republic of China, excluding Macau, HongKong and TW. The consumer prices grows quickly. and the house price is skyscraping that most people cannot afford one in their whole life. The most important thing is salary seems never grow up. Rich people are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Life is getting worse for the middle-class people in this continent.

Life in my country is getting worse I can't imagine how our lives would be in 20 years from now. I know that this is unbelievable, but time may come that no one will be able to buy food, but only the rich. Because at this moment only the rich are able to enjoy the Fun of this planet provide. When we go to beaches, mountains and tourist destination only those who can afford can enjoy it. It's very shameful of mankind not doing about this, I would appreciate if they do something about this and get nothing out of it than doing nothing at all.

In my country the situation is mixed. I am from India. It is said our country is going out of recession. But the prices of commodities are sky rocketing. Rich people are making more profit and we are feeling the heat.

U r from India??? In my country also somewhat situation is similar to yours..peopel are struggling and specially now in the recession time its more that people have to face..even the costs have routine things have raised so much that its very difficult for common man,to live comfortably these days ...hope that govt does something very soon ....

Hi there. In my country, seems like our prime minister is doing "stuff all" to help out the genuine population that need it the most. The banks are greedy as ever and only offer a minimal discount that seems to last for an hour or two. The recession has hit my country, but then, I think we're alot better off at the moment then other countries. I would like to see government officials cutting down big time on their so called expenses, holiday homes, expensive holidays, cars, outings and so on, that we as workers have to cop and pay for, with our hard earn cash thats forever getting taxed. Have an awsome day, lets hope for better government policies for both our countries, that we benefit from and not suffer n sacrifice for it....

I think things are getting better, but we are terribly short of jobs and it will take a long time for us to recover from that.

In India, recession doesn't affect much, atleast us. However the living conditions are not that great & still struggling with bills. The worst hit because of recession in India are the call center agents. Since majority of call centers are outsourced to India(basically all those US, canada & UK companies), they have cut down on man power as well as on salaries of the agents. well as for me, hope things will be alright soon. Happy Lotting

I check your profile too. I am also from Philippines, People here are nice but we are having a hard time looking for a job. because of this crisis, it has lessen job opportunities. and even though the Government claims that my country has not really been affected by recession, the services are deteriorating.Government Services to be exact, people are always asking for a bribe.. but there's hope , now that most youth are vigilant in this coming election.

yes i can relate on you because i live in poor country no opportunity here the income is so small amount the goverment is corrupt the president of my country is steel a lot of money from goverment fund she is corrupt No job here is hard to find a job here in my country and the salary is so small amount this country is so poor sad to know our relative or member of our family need to go to abroad to earn lot of money and to find job there because in our country no opportunity to earn money.. the only way is to leave this country and find a job abroad.. my family is poor and my sister is need to leave the country to find job abroad I'm very sad because she leave the country and find job abroad.. i hope this country is become rich country i hope this country have a lot of job and have a lot opportunity and no need to go to abroad to find a job there

here in India it is more or less the same. the pace of development is really very slow. this is a reason why majority do not feel it. (i guess it is not easy to manage 1 billion plus). i think we feel the pinch because our priorities have changed and we are not willing to compromise on any front. as a result we go beyond our capabilities. there are no free lunches - if we want more, we have to struggle for it.

life is getting tougher and tougher day by day. the rates are going higher in an accelarating rate so is the poverty and unemployment. the cause of it is the increasing population and poverty. every thing is getting costly. just think, 5 yrs before we used to pay 5 bucks for transportation to my college and now the rates are approx thrice i.e. 20 bucks in 5 yrs. the story says it all, life is getting worse especially for the middle man.

My country is also affected by the global recession but not as much as in certain countries. I am a freelancer, and has no connection with the government, and I present the views of an ordinary citizen. Possibly due to the legacy of the former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir, the effects are not really evident. Those affected were in the electronics industry. Since the economy of the country is broad based, many of those laid off found alternative employment. You will probably hear of new graduates finding difficulty in securing employment. In many cases it had nothing to do with the state of the economy. Many of them wanted easy work with a high salary. Looking around the country development projects are still being carried out. New houses and new cars are still being sold. Government employees do not have their salaries reduced. Government spending in certain areas has increased. For example my mentally challenged son used to receive MYR30 per month from the Welfare Department for attending a day centre. This year they have increased it to MYR150. In short I would say the overall situation is still good.

Hey, I don't really know if life is getting better or worse in my country. But I think it is leaning to the worse side of things, since many people are struggling to pay off their bills right now, let alone their house. Make sure you have a good day, God bless and Happy Lotting!!