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Old 10-31-2014, 03:05 AM
 
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A bottle or can of beer is below US$1.00 or US$0.50 in the following countries I have been to, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Phillppines, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea
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Old 10-31-2014, 08:05 AM
 
Location: Paranoid State
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The average African has to work 2-6 hours to buy a half a liter of beer. American 17 minutes. Why the disparity?
Why are Africans wasting their wealth buying a half liter of beer?
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Old 10-31-2014, 08:41 AM
 
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Why are Africans wasting their wealth buying a half liter of beer?
Yep......that answers a few questions.
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Old 11-02-2014, 05:04 AM
 
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I'm so sick of this Africa bandwagon!!
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Old 11-02-2014, 10:36 AM
 
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Production and delivery efficiency of the beer as well as a higher average wage in the US.
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Old 11-02-2014, 05:36 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Sounds like the Africans need to build some breweries, instead of buying import...
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Old 11-05-2014, 12:35 PM
 
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A lot of the natural resource wealth of Africa is controlled by foreign countries, especially China as of late. There are some places where brutal slave labor is employed still. Certain materials used in electronic components are mined in Africa. A lot of the luxury of developed nations comes directly at the expense of poorer nations.
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