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Arabia
Saudi Arabia announces ‘Vision 2030’
2016-04-26
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
will announce its "Vision 2030" on Monday, a comprehensive plan roadmap expected to include various economic and social aspects.

The vision is set to prepare the kingdom for an era in which it does not rely heavily on oil, as well as including a highly-anticipated National Transformation Plan (NTP).

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is spearheading the roadmap, has previously said that NTP will include asset sales, tax increases, spending cuts, changes to the way the state manages its financial reserves, an efficiency drive, and a much bigger role for the private sector.
They've been trying to transform the nation for a while, but most of their people aren't interested in actually working for a living.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Back-yard stripper wells, communal halal kitchens, collective grain farm feed by fossil and desalinated water. Arab horses raised to run, sure why not.

The The Great Heap Forward
Posted by: Shipman   2016-04-26 17:14  

#5  Anything like Mao's Five Year Plan?
Posted by: Pappy   2016-04-26 10:52  

#4  Well, in the Mooselimb Hijri calendar, it's 1437.

Only 593 years to go.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2016-04-26 08:22  

#3  Any word on whether you can get a cold beer in Mecca by 2030?
Just asking.
Posted by: Knuckles Snurt6275   2016-04-26 08:17  

#2  Let me stick my neck out on this one: in 2030 there will not be Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-04-26 02:52  

#1  Fat cats in an Arab society giving up power for the "good of the nation"? I can already smell the revolution in the air... The Royals better have their assets overseas, and aircraft at the ready.
Posted by: Vinegar Phitch3295   2016-04-26 02:43  

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