The Economist, 28 September: “Hard up countries flog passports”
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October 9, 2013 at 10:42pm
And Malta’s prime minister views selling passports as the dawn of a new economic age, equitable to the development of financial services (under the evil Nationalists).
When reading this article, take care to distinguish between residence visas and citizenship. The two are not the same thing. Malta has had an investor residence scheme for decades. This is citizenship we are now talking about.
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http://www.economist.com/news/international/21586843-hard-up-countries-flog-passports-papers-please
What was the coverline on that edition of The Economist which Muscat found on his desk as he moved into Castille?
‘Send in the Clowns’ – if I recall correctly.
Yip, but these are sinister, Stephen King kind of clowns. The stuff of nightmares.
Klowns from outer space. And that’s a “K”.
Muscat is acting like a family that has fallen on bad times and is selling the family heirlooms.
Seems like the CNI activists are gagged. And all those who repeated ad nauseam the mantra ‘jiddettawlna x’ghandna naghmlu minn Brussell’.
These manouvres will change the face of Malta in the long run and make the Maltese second class citizens in their own country. It doesn’t take much since Malta is a small island. A few filthy rich Asians owning large blocks of land, property/beaches, is all it takes. Then it’s up to them to decide how much to rent out to the Maltese.
No hard-working middle-income Maltese will be able to compete at purchasing property if these big guns are around. Prime locations (ie seafront) will be developed and owned by foreigners.
But of course blind Laburisti will only see the immediate effect of this – ‘ha ndahhlu l-miljuni fil-kaxxa ta Malta!’
(I didn’t mention Asians in a racist rant. They are the people mostly targeted by this citizenship scheme.)
Passports for sale and land reclamation. The prostitution of Malta under Labour.
Malta Ta’ Min Iħallas €650,000
According to Muscat, the EU will not tell us what to do. It seems that neither will the World Bank, or the Economist or anyone else.
Megalomania.
National leaders suffering from this mania have led their nations to ruin.