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| Nork Elites Keep Wasting Money on Luxury Goods |
| 2011-07-22 |
| Newly released data show that North Korea's ruling elite is spending more money on luxury goods despite chronic food shortages most ordinary North Koreans face. According to government data from South Korea and China released Wednesday, North Korea's total imports in the first five months of the year exceeded US$1.1 billion, but only 4 percent of the total was food. Cigarette imports jumped 117 percent from last year, while alcohol saw a 94 percent increase. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Yee-ouch, Pappy. That's gonna leave a mark. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-22 16:19 |
| #4 Just think if all our leaders weren't so busy screwing all of us and lining their pockets and feeling up 95 year old woman in diapers(fully loaded) at airports I'd hardly class a part-time TSA employee as a "leader" or "lining their pockets". But hey - if you're into making mindless, populist statements, that's okay. Everyone should have a hobby. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-07-22 15:24 |
| #3 Just like the OHbammy administration. Just think if all our leaders weren't so busy screwing all of us and lining their pockets and feeling up 95 year old woman in diapers(fully loaded) at airports things might get better.Egocentric elitism= what people with common sense call insanity. |
| Posted by: Beldar Therenter1374 2011-07-22 14:22 |
| #2 Norks use luxury goods. Congresscritters just use spending. Same cause, same effect. Egocentric elitism. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-07-22 08:36 |
| #1 Numbing themselves. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-07-22 06:35 |