No End To Debt

Afghanistan’s status differentials in wealth will always be the same because of the citizens never ending debt. In Afghanistan citizens work their entire lives but only manage to pay off a fraction of their debt. In the article In Afghan Kilns, a Cycle of Debt and Servitude, you see a father, Mr. Muhammad, worried that his children will never fine happiness because they’ll have to pay off his debt when he dies. “For the vast majority of workers, there is no escape – for them or for their children, who are bound by their parent’s contracts.” The people of Afghanistan usual fall into debt because of the costs for a funeral or a wedding, so they ask for a loan from their employer. But when you are only paid pennies a day, which is barely enough to survive on, let alone too small to pay off their debts which continues to grow. “I was 7 years old when I started working, my family owned 10,000 rupees then. Today, we owe 150,000 rupees,” said Nick Muhammad. Not only will Nick and his brother have to pay their fathers debt but also their own if they want to get married. “But he looks at his father, trapped in the field of brick for 30 years. “I will have to borrow money to get married, but I am afraid if I borrow money from the kiln owner, then I will have to work here forever.” Think for a second if Nick does pay his father debt first before he dies then his children will have to pay off his debt. Then their children will pay their debt so on and so forth. It’s a never ending circle of debt.