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To: Joseph G. who wrote (2645)6/27/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
On following the Europoean/American approach to belt-tightening in tough times:

biz.yahoo.com

>>Such companies -- which supply basic services like power, water, telecommunications and other services -- are also used as employment centres
for Kuwaitis who enjoy a generous, income tax free, cradle-to-grave welfare system.

More than 90 percent of working Kuwaitis are employed by the state, which is projected to spend more than half of its 1998/99 forecast oil income
on salaries.<<