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Nothing like this a few months before a "free and fair election."
In a real country, this would be seen as crooked.
It is a politician's dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq's prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally.
The handouts by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and a handful of other top officials are authorized _ as long as each goes no higher than about $8,000, and the same people don't get them twice.
In a real country, this would be seen as crooked.
posted by mikevotes at
3:01 PM
3 Comments:
In a real country it would be called a tax rebate.
By
Anonymous, at 3:29 PM
But a tax rebate isn't a year's salary handed out solely on the whim of the ruling party.
By
mikevotes, at 4:37 PM
No but a bribe is a bribe is a bribe.
By
Anonymous, at 5:34 PM
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