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To: tejek who wrote (210000)	11/2/2004 3:50:26 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572887

But doesn't the House of Saud pay for certain things or give them a guaranteed income? There is an extensive welfare state, if that's what you mean. Saudis are not starving. If things were so bad, they wouldn't have to import foreign laborers. The Saudis would be willing to the do the grunt work themselves. They import foreign laborers because they are cheap. Saudi only outlawed slavery in about the 1950s, I think. Although the young Saudis may complain because they can't get jobs, they don't want to work in McDonalds. They want to manage the company like their great uncle did. I've never actually been to Saudi and most of this is second hand stuff, so take it for what its worth. But I think it is a reasonably accurate representation of their labor market (high local population unemployment combined with a low interest in working in the service industry among the local population). I don't think you are going to see a Saudi saying "May I help you, sir?" to a Pakistani as the Pakistani shops in the mall.