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Article #449Re: Gasoline Riots in Iran
From: Don Homuth
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:14
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:14
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:05:40 GMT, fact check local 225 <hoff@cem.ent> wrote: >Don Homuth wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:50:08 -0700, "Gatt" <gatt@juggerFUbot.com> >> wrote: >> >>> "Paul J. Berg" <pjberg@webtv.net> wrote in message >>> news:1183053779.566175.297500@o61g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... >>>> ` >>>> Iranians riot over gasoline price increase and rationing. Average >>>> price for gasoline in Iran is now 38 cents a gallon. >>> Is it so wrong to giggle a little about that? 38 cents a gallon and they >>> can't get enough of it. >> >> What's their average income, denominated in US dollars? > >$8,000.00 > >http://civilliberty.about.com/od/internationalhumanrights/p/iran101.htm > >> D'ya figure that might make some difference? > >If they spent maybe $6/week for gas (20 gallons) that's about $300 a >year, so no. Revisit that. At 20 gallons/week, that'd be $7.60/week or closer to $400/year. About 5% of the total wage, and a higher percentage than that after taxes. >>> "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink" >> >> Water, in this country, is oftimes More expensive than gasoline. > >Good. But silly -- as in Really silly.
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