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| Ahmadinejad under fire from Larijani |
| 2010-07-10 |
| Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire from parliament speaker Ali Larijani, a fellow conservative who stood against him when he was first elected in 2005. Larijani criticised the government's expansionist economic policy and Ahmadinejad personally for challenging two pieces of legislation passed by parliament, the ISNA news agency reported on Friday. "If we want to stand up to our enemies, we need to improve the economy," the news agency quoted Larijani as saying in a speech in the Tehran satellite town of Karaj. "Iran has big oil and gas reserves -- the way to use that wealth is not by handing out money to people but by using it to develop the nation's productive capacity," he said. "Social justice... means providing universal employment not giving monthly handouts to stop people starving," he added in allusion to a government plan to phase out state subsidies on staple foods and replace them with cash benefits to the needy. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 If the amount of the cash payments are not adjusted for inflation, it will not be long before the people have nothing to eat except huge piles of worthless Iranian money. Republican Guard storehouses on the other hand will be chock full of staple foods that otherwise would have been distributed to the people. |
| Posted by: junkiron 2010-07-10 22:34 |
| #2 The mullahs and the Republican Guard can't do much in the way of seizing subsidized food when it's been delivered to poor people. But squeeze them to kick back cash? You betcha. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-07-10 20:45 |
| #1 "If we want to stand up to our enemies, we need to improve the economy," the news agency quoted Larijani as saying in a speech in the Tehran satellite town of Karaj. "Iran has big oil and gas reserves -- the way to use that wealth is not by handing out money to people but by using it to develop the nation's productive capacity," he said. "Social justice... means providing universal employment not giving monthly handouts to stop people starving," he added in allusion to a government plan to phase out state subsidies on staple foods and replace them with cash benefits to the needy. Weird... |
| Posted by: Gabby 2010-07-10 18:00 |