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Good News Snippet II: Iraqis enjoy new wealth
EFL
It is a family ritual played out in second-hand car markets across the globe - a father buying a car for his son. Aadel Kadhem, 43, and his 23-year-old son Mohammed walked around a pair of black BMWs, opening the doors, staring through the windows. Mr Kadhem snr paints cars for a living, and his income has risen ten-fold since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s government, he said, allowing him to squirrel away £1,700 for a car for his son. "The situation is still tight for us, but we have a bit to play with," Mr Kadhem snr said. "In the past, the government wanted to fight against the citizens; they wanted this country to be underdeveloped. But my income now is much stronger than before."
"I've been able to put some money away to buy a car for Junior so he can get laid and eventually wreck it..." Sigh. I suppose parents around the world go through the same routine. Good luck, pal.
Jamal Nasir, the owner of the Black Gold, the car shop, looked on with a glint in his eye and a smile on his lips. "Because of small salaries before, many people couldn’t buy cars," he said. "Now I sell to all sectors of society. It’s the wheel of life. Everybody’s working, getting better salaries than before."
‘It’s the wheel of life,’ indeed. There is more. Please read.
Posted by: Dragon Fly 2003-12-10
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=22484