A good Planet Money episode from a couple of weeks ago covered what’s happening inside the country. A lot of utilities that used to be subsidized are no longer, such as electricity. They talked about how cheap electricity used to be - so cheap that people would go away for a weekend and not turn off lights or AC. Now their electric bills have doubled and quadrupled.
That was just one example of how it’s affecting the locals. Being a government employee, I especially enjoyed their comments about how most Saudis work for their government, but not a lot. People often show up every week or two for work, and that’s about it. It’s rare to be fired from a government job - if it happens, you don’t really get fired, they just transfer you to another department. Dan > On Feb 27, 2016, at 11:21 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The free fall in world oil prices s is having dire effects across the board > - even destabilizing Saudi Arabia. > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:07 PM, clay via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Diesel prices have plunged to close to standard unleaded. If I had a >> compression engine benz, I would be driving all over the place >> >> clay >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
