Month: October 2011

Chronic Tea

i12bent:

Louis Faurer (Aug. 28, 1916 – 2001): Union Square, New York City, 1950 – gelatin silver print (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)

Chronic Tea

scabboy:

Facts about Muammar Gaddafi.

  1. There is no electricity bill in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens.
  2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.
  3. Home considered a human right in Libya – Gaddafi vowed that his parents would not get a house until everyone in Libya had a home. Gaddafi’s father has died while him, his wife and his mother are still living in a tent.
  4. All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$ 50,000 ) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.
  5. Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%.
  6. Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and livestock to kick- start their farms – all for free.
  7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the government funds them to go abroad for it – not only free but they get US $2, 300/mth accommodation and car allowance. 
  8. In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a car, the government subsidized 50% of the price.
  9. The price of petrol in Libya is $0. 14 per liter. 
  10. Libya has no external debt and its reserves amount to $150 billion – now frozen globally. 
  11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.
  12. A portion of Libyan oil sale is, credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens. 
  13. A mother who gave birth to a child receive US $5 ,000.
  14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15.
  15. 25% of Libyans have a university degree.
  16. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.