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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Woot! I want $4 Filet Mignons!
Woot! I want $4 Filet Mignons!
Or dinner for 2 for $10 etc etc --- Lost of stuff is cheaper in third world places or right next to where the stuff is made
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Or dinner for 2 for $10 etc etc --- Lost of stuff is cheaper in third world places or right next to where the stuff is madeYou don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto Luongo -
Originally posted by Kaak
Show me a link that says these countries all subisdize gas from taxes...
12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
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Originally posted by Arrian
What does the guy at the gas pump earn in Thailand? It sure ain't $6/hour. What property taxes does the gas station pay over there? What environmental regulations must they comply with... and so on and so forth. There are lots of reasons why gas is cheaper in those places (including subsidies).
-Arrian
add in that some of them are close to sources of petroleum in places that pay drillers, transportation and refining costs far less than those costs in the US
You don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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edit: crosspost. Nice Map
grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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TAJIKISTAN DUSHANBE $1.32
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"Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)
"I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."Comment
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AZERBAIJAN BAKU $1.15
is green"Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)
"I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."Comment
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Probably because Russia is selling oil to them at below-market prices, subsidizing the consumption of gas by Tajikistan in order to retain political and economic influence.
12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Errr...azerbaijan is yellow.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Goddamn, Kaak, are you now reduced to saying that because the price of gasoline in Crapastan is cheaper than anywhere else in the world, the globe needs to get in line with Crapastan?
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Jesus Christo, Kaak. In the face of overwhelming evidence you just keep on truckin.
You get the Kidiculous persistence award for this week.
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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In addition you have the hidden subsidies mentioned. The minimum wage for employees, environmental standards, workplace standards, safety standards.Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Probably because Russia is selling oil to them at below-market prices, subsidizing the consumption of gas by Tajikistan in order to retain political and economic influence.
And there is a reason economists use PPP in evaluating different countries.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Re: Re: Kaak
That's because Kaak's dad got a big raise and distorted the statistics.Originally posted by Flubber
Oh and in other news, US wages are seen to be much higher than those in any of the bottom 10 places on that list
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Yeah, but "hidden subsidies" can't get you to a buck a gallon.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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wow-- Tajikistan manages to have cheaper gasoline than the US-- That convinces me!!! After all there couldn't be factors that might differentiate the Tajik market from the US one!! I wonder what a liter of milk costs there versus the US or a block of butter.Originally posted by Kaak
TAJIKISTAN DUSHANBE $1.32
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A quick look reveals that it is the "poorest"of the former Soviet republics, landlocked etc . They are probably still selling gasoline from old Soviet stockpiles from the 80sYou don't get to 300 losses without being a pretty exceptional goaltender.-- Ben Kenobi speaking of Roberto LuongoComment
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I have a solution. Move to Tajikistan. Problem solved.
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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