tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post1335282671792098836..comments2023-10-25T08:34:59.128-07:00Comments on Iraqi <i>American</i> Mojo: Iraq runs out of welfare moneyIraqi Mojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-76522357351255076362010-11-22T23:48:25.944-08:002010-11-22T23:48:25.944-08:00Of course the Iraqi economy was terrible. Sanction...Of course the Iraqi economy was terrible. Sanctions had strangled Iraq. That doesn't take much to figure out.Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455545060335228501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-73144427433751094462010-11-22T15:23:31.481-08:002010-11-22T15:23:31.481-08:00No this cannot be blamed on Saddam. Maliki's g...No this cannot be blamed on Saddam. Maliki's govt is entirely to blame. But Iraq's economy was terrible before 2003. <br /><br />"After 2003 Iraqi markets has changed & increased, I can tell there is a great skip between now & before 2003, When Iraq was under Saddam's regime,we had few numbers of markets; goods & food were expensive, many people were living with limited income, & imagine how much was the salary for employee? 3000 Iraqi Dinar, (on Saddam's regime, when 1 Kilo of meat was 1800 Iraqi Dinar)!!! very little for a family who has one income coming from father or husband, I remember very well, we had a flour with pieces of wood in it, Iraq has lots of money from oil while the people were hungry.<br /><br />We were living <a href="http://iraqimojo.blogspot.com/2010/11/iraq-runs-out-of-welfare-money.html?showComment=1290436072016#comment-c7503548654928483395" rel="nofollow">"from hand to mouth"</a>, we couldn't buy fruits, or milk, or new clothes; only the rich people & Saddam's followers were living well, many people forced to buy secondhand clothes which they were used from other countries & been send to Iraq( till now we have many people getting these kind of clothes), we were tailored our clothes, which was a blessing at that time!<br /><br />But after 2003, I can tell many families get a better salary, & women involved in job's field supporting her family too, markets spread, Iraqi markets has revived after a bad & hard time for most Iraqis during 1991 - 2003, internet & cell phones has reached to people & many goods has entered markets, but it's missing for good quality, some are fake goods, cheap one."Iraqi Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348791832474839472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36279451.post-75035486549284833952010-11-22T06:27:52.016-08:002010-11-22T06:27:52.016-08:00The "new Iraq" gets better and better, e...The "new Iraq" gets better and better, eh? <br /><br />What a pity we can't blame this on "Saddam". That would have been expedient.Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455545060335228501noreply@blogger.com