Re: Gasoline Riots in Iran

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From: fact check local 225
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:02

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Don Homuth wrote:
> 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.

Har, and that's without further price inflation!

So???

Maybe they can form a stable investor-friendly government and get that 
fixed some day...

>>>> "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.

Thirsty rag heads amuse me.

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