You would see them at the bars: wealthy white tourists treating them and the guys absolutely shovelling the food down as fast as possible.
Finally, aid must be provided in a way that gives those economies a long-term future, rather than shovelling money for no proper purpose.
In most cases this is done, although sometimes the fireman has to be employed on his task of shovelling in coal.
They were shovelling money abroad because they could make a faster buck there than by investing in the people of this country.
It is no good shovelling it under the carpet from one year to the next hoping that it will go away.
Their expertise should be shared openly, instead of our shovelling the cash in the direction of external companies which then own the property rights.
However, our present position, shovelling out more expenditure than is being shovelled out at the moment, increases the dangers of inflation.
Is not the restoration of a sense of proportion in this more important than shovelling taxpayers' money at the problem?
