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that's newstastic!: as violence falls in iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch |
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Written by plato jesus
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
“That’s Newstastic!” The Chronicle of Sad Truths and Happy Denial
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/iraq/story/20530.html
Should you find your faith in supply side economics weakening, consider the burial industry in Baghdad:
"Dhurgham Majed al Malik, 48, whose family has arranged burial services for generations, said that this spring, private cars and taxis with caskets lashed to their roofs arrived at a rate of 6,500 a month. Now it's 4,000 or less, he said."
And its enough to make you want to dig up Adam Smith and Milton Friedman and pay to have them bathed to witness capitalism taking hold in the heart of Mesopotamia:
"Certainly, when the number of dead increases I feel happy, like all workers in the graveyard," said Basim Hameed, 30, a body washer. "This happiness comes from the increase in the amount of money we have." |
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