"Kim Frederiksen" <kim@the-coffeeshop.dk> skrev i en meddelelse news:46ff8d1f$0$90262$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> Poul Nielsen wrote:
>>
http://politiken.dk/udland/article387465.ece
>>
>> Årsagen til at en 42-årig oberst, der er medlem af Myanmars
>> militærjunta, nu søger asyl i Norge, er, at han nægtede at følge en
>> ordre om at dræbe flere hundrede munke.
>>
>> "Flere tusinde mennesker er blevet dræbt i Myanmar i de sidste dage«,
>> påstår han."
>
> Socialismen i sin reneste form.
Ja det lyder som 'Socialisme' at kræve at folk betaler fuld pris for benzin,
de konservative ville selfølgelig forsætte med at give statsstøtte.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7014570.stm
"The protests were triggered by the government's decision to double
the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation."
http://www.irrawaddy.org/print_page.php?art_id=8318
"How can a country so rich in gas and oil be unable to provide its own citizens
with affordable supplies? How can a government raise prices such a huge extent,
especially when it is selling gas for what must be an incredible profit?"
"To begin, one bold fact: Burma is essentially a diesel-powered economy.
We see this in the buses, trains and trucks that rumble around the country.
We also see this in the dilapidated power plants that sometimes generate electricity.
Most of all, we see this in the ubiquitous portable generators that exist in nearly every home,
factory and shop that can afford one."
"For a long time now, diesel prices have been kept artificially low through subsidies.
And as demand for diesel has continued to grow in tandem with an expanding economy,
the amount spent on these subsidies has similarly expanded, posing an ever increasing strain on the regime’s finances."
Jan Rasmussen