I hope this is considered as a Goa-related topic. I mean we are talking of commodities liek tur dal, and the futures market. Also, resident geniuses would not be averse to whimpering or not loathe to educating us that the following except is not exactly socialism for the wealthy. venantius +++++++ Drought of Justice, Flood of Funds By P. SAINATH http://www.counterpunch.org/sainath08172009.html (excerpt) Remember the great loan waiver of 2008, that historic write-off of the loans of indebted farmers? Recall the editorials whining about 'fiscal imprudence?' That was a one-time, one-off waiver covering countless millions of farmers and was claimed to touch $14.5 billion. But over $ 27 billion (in direct taxes) have been doled out in concessions in just two budgets to a tiny gaggle of merchants hogging at the public trough, without a whimper of protest in the media. Imagine what budget giveaways to corporates since 1991 would total. We'd be talking many trillions of rupees.
