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Government Austerity Tops Kuwait Election Campaign
2016-11-14
All you really need to know is in the headline, dear Reader, but I've included much of the article for those who prefer their schadenfreude detailed. I'm so glad we don't have to wait until the oil runs out to kick sand in their collective faces.
[AnNahar] Candidates in Kuwait's parliamentary elections have focused their campaigns on unpopular government austerity measures as the oil-dependent Gulf country faces financial stress due to low crude prices.

Kuwait, which sits on around seven percent of the world's proven crude reserves, has resorted to a series of measures to cut spending and boost non-oil revenues in a bid to diversify its economy.

But measures including raising power and water charges and hiking petrol prices have triggered a political crisis, leading to the parliament being dissolved last month and snap polls being called for November 26.
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