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2007-04-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Why Ahmadinejad Wants a New Labor Law for Iran

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Posted by Classer 2007-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It would be nice if our major enemies (Islam and Leftism) would start fighting each other.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-04-28 00:25|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-04-28 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 In this case, really it isn't 'Islam'. Think of it as Sandanista-Nicaragua with black turbans, with this oligarchy is using ol'Mo as a cover rather than ol' Karl.

Posted by Pappy 2007-04-28 01:03|| 2007-04-28 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 The Iranian regime is explicitly modelled on the Soviet Communist system. It's interesting they are now going down the Chinese Communist road (and post Soviet Russian road) of selling off state assets to party insiders. It will certainly boost economic growth but at the cost of social unrest.

Posted by phil_b 2007-04-28 03:44|| 2007-04-28 03:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Economic weakness in Iran might just give us the lever we need to overthrow Ahmadinejad if we have any PsyOps influence at our disposal.

Posted by Zebulon Unating8007 2007-04-28 03:58|| 2007-04-28 03:58|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-28 10:39|| 2007-04-28 10:39|| Front Page Top

#6 It's the nature of a tyrant to push till it breaks.
I'll enjoy watching the end result on Fox. Throngs of Iranians, foaming at the mouth, storming the govt. buildings and mosques.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-04-28 11:27|| 2007-04-28 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, the utopian joys of living under Islamic theocracy.

According to government sources, 44 state-owned conglomerates will be put on sale at a total price of $18 billion. These businesses employ an estimated 3.5 million people across the country. A majority of likely buyers will be mullahs and their associates, operating through supposedly religious and charitable foundations, along with officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Although potential gold mines, most of the businesses concerned have been losing money for years, because of inefficient management and corruption. They also suffer from the fact that they have had to employ far too many people, often because of nepotism and favor distribution by powerful figures of the regime.

Which, as phil_b so astutely noted, is the precise model of what happened in communist China. Thereby resulting in insider bank loans to prop up tottering outmoded factories and corporate featherbeds that have grown to a potential one trillion dollars worth of bad debt.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-28 22:10|| 2007-04-28 22:10|| Front Page Top

#8 PS: Does anyone else see this as a possible "retirement plan" for the mullahs? Appropriate every profitable enterprise before it's all shot out from underneath their feet.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-28 22:12|| 2007-04-28 22:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Wonder if Ahmadinnerjacket is getting Chinese advice in addition to everything else?

Posted by Pappy 2007-04-28 23:14|| 2007-04-28 23:14|| Front Page Top

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