[Time was up yesterday!] This goes to the heart of the Egyptian Revolution. From a Yahoo lead article from U.S. News and World Report: "There was no accountability, no need for transparency," says Prof. Amaney Jamal of Princeton University. "He was able to reach into the economic sphere and benefit from monopolies, bribery fees, red-tape fees, and nepotism. It was guaranteed profit."
In other words, Mubarak was no better than a Egyptian Mafia godfather running a protection racket using his army as enforcement thugs. "The British Guardian newspaper cites Middle Eastern sources placing the wealth of Mubarak and his family at somewhere between $40 billion and $70 billion." Because I often take the side of the Democrats, some crazy Republicans might call me a socialist, and here, I say, yes, I'm a socialist. Most of his wealth should be redistributed to the Egyptians, because it truly belongs to them. Heck, Mubarak can even keep a billion or two. But he doesn't need all that money when it is desperately needed in Egypt. You go Switzerland. I hope all the other secret bank countries do the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment