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家园 瞧瞧柬埔寨籍美国人的觉悟

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简单的说吧,加州要修高铁,从洛杉矶到旧金山,现在终于动工了,一期工程竟然从加州中部开始,和洛杉矶、旧金山一点关系没有,完全是在一片农田里修高铁。不管怎么样吧,第一步是征地,要把一个汉堡点拆了。店主是柬埔寨难民夫妇和两个儿子,来到美国后一无所有,先是从送报纸开始干,然后开大牌档,接着是小饭馆,2004年从北加南下用所有积蓄买下了这个有几十年历史的老店,接着卖汉堡。他当时花了30万美元,每年营业收入5万。现在拆迁,政府出价10万美元买地,两万美元买店,总计十二万。九月十五号,也就是一个月之后搬走。这件事情被一个洛杉矶时报记者挖出来了,政府提高了四万,总价16万美元。

由于前两年的地产危机,有些地方的房价、地价大跌,降个50%是绝对有可能的。政府请的沽价公司肯定是有充分的理由证明为什么这个店竟然这样便宜。让人感叹的,是这两个难民夫妇处理这个事情的态度。虽然他的一个儿子是学经济的,虽然那些关心他们的老客人都告诉他不要轻易签字,他还是很快签了。

"When you're a little guy, you can't pay for lawyers," Lim said. "What can we do? I came to this country with nothing, so hey, we can do it again."

他还讲了一下自己的经历。他从柬埔寨逃到泰国的路上,见识了很多同伴的生死,

"My mom always told me, 'If you're alive, if your eyes can see and your legs can walk, you can go on.' We're going to move on."

他的儿子也很有觉悟,下面这段引自前一篇相关报道,外链出处

Peter Chea, the elder son, said it should be the last thing they pack. He is worried about how he will now pay his tuition, yet comforts himself with his belief that California must stop depending on cars.

"We need high-speed rail for sustainable growth. But my parents, they're always here, you know? They give so much. So there's frustration, confusion, even anger. But this is the way things have always worked," he said.

"It's for the public good. Someone has to sacrifice, right?"

颇有舍小家顾大家的风格啊。这算是正能量么?

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