tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post7611974750010484047..comments2024-03-10T22:24:34.032-04:00Comments on Uskowi on Iran - اسکویی در باره ایران: Iran Facing Huge Budget DeficitNader Uskowihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02808543185109048956noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-20782447039978723792012-11-03T16:17:55.686-04:002012-11-03T16:17:55.686-04:00But the regime doesn't care for the Iranian pe...But the regime doesn't care for the Iranian people except if you're Palestinian, Lebanese,Syrian or Sudanese,etc etc.<br />The country is utterly bankrupt both in financial terms and social political terms.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-69202530103013837992012-11-03T15:04:04.031-04:002012-11-03T15:04:04.031-04:00Of course this is not a debt, it’s a budget defici...Of course this is not a debt, it’s a budget deficit; and it can be compared to other countries in percentage terms. What the chairman of the budget committee said was really shocking, a deficit of 45% of the total budget. What they were thinking, knowing that the sanctions were coming and their main source of revenue, the oil, was to get hit hard, yet they produced this budget like nothing was happening around them. This is more than bad accounting practice, it’s delusional. I agree with Mark that we need to see how they come out of this without causing major hardship for the people. Nader Uskowihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808543185109048956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-52843061176037693642012-11-03T14:23:15.052-04:002012-11-03T14:23:15.052-04:00That would be even more than California's defi...That would be even more than California's deficit of $16 billion but pales in comparison to U.S. debt.<br /><br />Interesting to see how the Iranians tackle it.Mark Pyruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00595161519097596575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-15200653603067839622012-11-03T13:57:21.216-04:002012-11-03T13:57:21.216-04:00How was Iran deluding itself into thinking it had ...How was Iran deluding itself into thinking it had that large of a budget?!<br /><br />The country collects virtually no taxes and its only source of revenue is oil sales.<br /><br />They thought they had the tax system of a western country!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-10519844868968803292012-11-03T12:22:54.812-04:002012-11-03T12:22:54.812-04:00Thank Ahmadinejad, you imbecile.Thank Ahmadinejad, you imbecile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169130203475264933.post-45014376133803952842012-11-03T12:04:46.538-04:002012-11-03T12:04:46.538-04:00If you look at their actual behaviour you can not ...If you look at their actual behaviour you can not say that they had any other plan than to bankrupt the country; nuclear program was a tool for them to bankrupt the country - not to build it upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com