India sabotages Paris climate change talks - demands $2.5 trillion ransom.

[YellowSnow51]

The Times (London) is reporting that poor country negotiators have demanded behind closed doors that rich country governments hand over $3.5 trillion in climate finance, or they will refuse to accept the Paris accord. India alone is seeking $2.5 trillion in climate finance. India’s total GDP in 2014 was just over $2 trillion. This demand may have been sparked by the fact that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry apparently threatened to walk out of conference if the accord was written so as make climate finance a legally binding obligation. He pointed out that Congress would not accept such an obligation. “You can take the U.S. out of this. Take the developed world out of this. Remember, the Earth has a problem. What will you do with the problem on your own?,” Kerry reportedly said.


https://reason.com/blog/2015/12/11/poor-countries-demand-35-trillion-in-cli#comment

 

[HallofFame]

They shit in the streets rape women like it's a full time job and suck at call centers.

 

[moral_victory]

Maybe they could use that money for public restrooms and sewage infasructure.

 

[IMCC965]

They shit in the streets rape women like it's a full time job and suck at call centers.

Not to mention they let those damn cows walk all over the place.

 

[22*43*51]

Their expatriates are some of our best immigrants over the last 100 years.

Largely law abiding, great work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

Their expatriates are some of our best immigrants over the last 100 years.

Largely law abiding, great work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit.

Yeah, but they may be worse at driving than Asians.

 

[SCHawkFan]

A boondoggle is a boondoggle, might as well add a little extortion into the mix.

 

[pablow]

A friend of mine's wife is a tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney. They went on vacation to Nepal with a stopover somewhere in India. When they returned my friend told me "in over 30 years together I've never seen my wife cry - until they told us we had to stay a second day in India."

 

[moral_victory]

A friend of mine's wife is a tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney. They went on vacation to Nepal with a stopover somewhere in India. When they returned my friend told me "in over 30 years together I've never seen my wife cry - until they told us we had to stay a second day in India."

Wonder why she cried?

 

[pablow]

Wonder why she cried?

My God, I had no idea.

 

[Nat Algren]

Will they accept a 3rd party out of state check?

 

[coloradonoles]

There are many places worse than India...

 

[moral_victory]

There are many places worse than India...

Not sure that makes India not shitty in the literal or figurative sense.

 

[coloradonoles]

Not sure that makes India not shitty in the literal or figurative sense.

Of that, there is no doubt.

It just makes me wonder when people say that 5 people living in a 2 bedroom apt in Atlanta on $25k/yr are living in poverty... you don't know poor until you go overseas.

 

[UNIowaHawk]

There are many places worse than India...

Depends what class you are born into. The caste system is alive and well there to a point where the lowers levels are deprived of all the basic necessities. I've been to Mumbai, Pune, and Hyderabad on a few occasions. There are some nice places, but then you find out that some of the landscapers are earning <$18 a week, which even at conversion is poor beyond belief.

 

[SailorJerryHawk]

Well who wouldn't want to eat,drink,crap and take a bath in the Ganges? After all your mom and dad might just go floating by if they are dead.

And here we in the US think we have it tough,no matter the political garbage.I sure as hell want to have a hot shower every day.
They got all those cows just cruising the streets and yet,not a Chik-Fil A in sight.

 

[joelbc1]

Their expatriates are some of our best immigrants over the last 100 years.

Largely law abiding, great work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit.

and their wives are a store owners nightmare....haggle, haggle and more haggle....unreasonable expectations...not all, but many....where I work, and Indian enters the store and clerks take a bathroom break.....