A Small Place Essay
During the Age of Exploration many small countries like Antigua were colonized by European nations. England arrived in Antigua in 1632, Antigua was underdeveloped at the time and the English modernized and industrialized their society. When England left Antigua in 1981, Antigua was left in poverty and with no government structure. A Small Place reveals that a form of economic slavery still exists today in post-colonial Antigua through the corrupt government leaders, which lead to major countries giving Antigua loans that were never paid off due to the corrupt leaders.
When England left Antigua in 1981, the country was financially broke and there was no government structure, which lead to the corruption in the government. …show more content…
According to Jamaica Kincaid in her novel A Small Place she explains the complete corruption of the government ”The government allowed meat known to be contaminated by radiation to be distributed in Antigua” (Kincaid 61) The leaders of the health administration in Antigua would rather make a profit then keep their people safe. The health administration buys these contaminated meats also for cheap, then sells them for higher than what they paid. The same people who sell the contaminated meats are also avoiding taxes. Jamaica Kincaid states in her novel A Small Place “That minister and another minister in government benefit from the offshore banks, with their ill-gotten deposits. These offshore banks are popular in the West Indies. Only tourism itself is more important. Every government wants to have these banks, which are modelled on the banks in Switzerland.” (Kincaid 59) These government officials put their money in these offshore accounts to avoid taxes. This also can be tied to the debt problem because these people of status are avoiding taxes which helps pay for roads, schools, and other buildings, but the country can’t without the taxes paid by these
During the Age of Exploration many small countries like Antigua were colonized by European nations. England arrived in Antigua in 1632, Antigua was underdeveloped at the time and the English modernized and industrialized their society. When England left Antigua in 1981, Antigua was left in poverty and with no government structure. A Small Place reveals that a form of economic slavery still exists today in post-colonial Antigua through the corrupt government leaders, which lead to major countries giving Antigua loans that were never paid off due to the corrupt leaders.
When England left Antigua in 1981, the country was financially broke and there was no government structure, which lead to the corruption in the government. …show more content…
According to Jamaica Kincaid in her novel A Small Place she explains the complete corruption of the government ”The government allowed meat known to be contaminated by radiation to be distributed in Antigua” (Kincaid 61) The leaders of the health administration in Antigua would rather make a profit then keep their people safe. The health administration buys these contaminated meats also for cheap, then sells them for higher than what they paid. The same people who sell the contaminated meats are also avoiding taxes. Jamaica Kincaid states in her novel A Small Place “That minister and another minister in government benefit from the offshore banks, with their ill-gotten deposits. These offshore banks are popular in the West Indies. Only tourism itself is more important. Every government wants to have these banks, which are modelled on the banks in Switzerland.” (Kincaid 59) These government officials put their money in these offshore accounts to avoid taxes. This also can be tied to the debt problem because these people of status are avoiding taxes which helps pay for roads, schools, and other buildings, but the country can’t without the taxes paid by these