Socialism at its best * They owe no money to IMF/World Bank * GDP per capita - $ 14,192. * Unemployment benefit - $ 730. * Each family member subsidized by the state gets annually $ 1.000 * Salary for nurses - $ 1.000. * Every newborn is paid $ 7.000. * Newly wed bride and groom receive $ 64 thousand to purchase an apartment. * Major taxes and levies prohibited. * To open a personal business a one-time financial assistance of $ 20.000 * Education and medicine are free. * Educ.Internships abroad - at government expense. * Stores for large families with symbolic prices for basic foodstuffs. * Part of pharmacies - with free dispensing. * Loans for buying a car and an apartment - no interest. * Real estate services are prohibited., * Buying a car up to 50% paid by the State. * No Payment for electricity for the population. * Sales and use of alcohol is prohibited. * Petrol is cheaper than water. 1 liter of gasoline - $ 0.14. **************************************************************** What will happen now that Nato (U.S) has stuck their oar in? Capitalism and a race to the bottom
Good point. Although he did steal a lot of money. And the people.country there should be in whole lotta better state. They'll fu...ck it up, and install lackey's, the only countries they don't like are those who decided to choose there own fate.
Must admit I do think of the old saying Better The Devil You Know when thinking about Libya. No doubting the guy is a **** but the attrocities attributed to him have been happening for years so why now when it appears his more moderate son is to take over does everyone jump in? The Western world were quick to back the rebels without even knowing who they are, what they plan to do etc. A few days after the UK recognised the rebels as the legitimate government of Libya the leader was executed by fellow rebels Who are the rebels who now have power? There appears to be very different groups, some with Western ideas,some with links to extremism - but how many in each group & how powerful are each group? Like Iraq, Libya has not been home to the recent 'Al-Queda' movement in the region, it sold its oil to the west...... Now Iraq is rife with extremists. Now Afghanistan is rife with poppy fields. Now as in after foreign interference
they had to take gaddafi out because he was making his own gold currency and was only going to accept gold for oil.
you are correct eddie a gold dinar or something he was calling it and it would have devalued the dollar further
The pictures of Blair and even Bush meeting Gaddafi are embarrassing, smiling and holding hands. I didn't mind so much at the time because I knew what it was all about, it was securing energy. But the current demonisation of Gaddafi is now boak inducing, stop treating us all like idiots - we all understand why you did it, why not treat us like ****ing adults and stop this pretense of moral supremacy over an issue which was always economic.
i'm glad he's been removed (officially) as leader. The guy wears a dress and has worse plastic surgery than wacko jacko, never mind his atrocious human rights record, he's just ridiculous to look at.
I love the hypocrisy of the US and UK Govts; Today we will fight the rebels in one country Tomorrow we will support the rebels of another
By sheer coincidence, Saddam Hussein announced that Iraq was only going to deal in Euros for their oil in late 2000.
So what we've learned is that the US are a touchy bunch. How come they haven't taken us out yet, we don't use the dollar?
It's not about other countries adopting the dollar, but about the dollar maintaining it's value as a trading commodity, as it's not linked to anything, like gold. A move away from oil trading in dollars would be extremely damaging to the US economy, apparently. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/06/oil-us-dollar-threat-to-america
