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Roger on December 29, 2005 - 2:27pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Maybe minor to you, but not to a lot of Iraqi people:

"Millions of other Iraqis live in poverty, relying on food handouts from the government. About a fourth of all Iraqi households subsist on less than $1 a day."

Eat this; less than $1 a day and bread is going up 15%.......

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mdahmus on December 29, 2005 - 4:40pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Great, so say 15%. Don't imply that it doubles. If 15% is bad enough, that ought to be enough to make the point.
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Engineer-Poet on December 29, 2005 - 5:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
So instead of subsidizing fuel, subsidize people and let them decide what they need.
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