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| Iran to eradicate unemployment within 3 years |
| 2010-01-14 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says implementation of the "targeted subsidy system" will eradicate unemployment and poverty within three years in Iran. "Iran is a rich country and if justice is established not even a single person will be unemployed or poor," Ahmadinejad said in his address to people in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday. "I have also assured the parliament members that if the plan is implemented by a smooth mechanism, Iran will not have even a single jobless or poor within three years," Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. Iran's Guardian Council has approved the legislation aimed at gradually cutting the government's subsidies on energy and food items. The body's spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei said on Wednesday that the bill complies with Islamic laws and the Iranian Constitution. Iran's Parliament (Majlis) ratified the bill proposed by the government after making some amendments to it. The 'Economic Reform Plan' will allow the government to establish an organization to enforce the plan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Sounds like Ahmadinejad got his mitts on an old copy of "Logan's Run". |
| Posted by: Dar 2010-01-14 12:47 |
| #5 Yeah, the unemployed are lookin' nervous, aren't they? |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-01-14 11:14 |
| #4 Have they prepared graves for the unemployed? It's the current regime's style... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-01-14 09:59 |
| #3 Number of jobs created and jobs saved? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-01-14 08:47 |
| #2 It is the third step, Israeli retaliation, that shall eradicate the unemployment.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2010-01-14 08:12 |
| #1 A two step program. Step one: make a nuke. Step two: throw it at Israel. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-01-14 02:04 |