Ali3 replied on Sunday, February 15, 2009 07:40 PM
I agree with Mrs. R.S. In many countries of the world open lands are almost free, provided by the state to the citizens for commercial or residential use. It's the cost of materials, labor etc that's the actual cost of the house. If you notice, labor and materials are many times cheaper in Pakistan yet house prices are more than most countries. It's because more than 60% of the cost is the price of the land! So what's wrong with this? Well, it shows that we can afford to pay millions for open lands (our country is 8lacs sq. kms. there's no shortage of open lands) but we cannot pay good salaries to labor or employees. We buy the best most expensive Burma Teak wood but haggle over petty sums with the carpenter.
In other countries where labor salaries are high, it contributes positively to the social and economic fabric of the country. People are more or less of equal standards, unlike Pakistan where salary difference in low and high skill jobs is several hundred times! This in turn promotes elitism and the love of elitism, the real disease we are inflicted with. |
