Under Gaddafi, if a new college graduate was unable to find employment, the state would pay the average salary of the profession they studied for, until proper employment was found.
How about government assistance for becoming an independent farmer? We, of course, know the government has given tens of billions in farm subsidies over the past three decades, almost all of which ends up in the bank accounts of huge agricultural corporations. Essentially a hand-out to agri-conglomerates for doing nothing. But how about the family farmer?
Under Gaddafi, when citizens wanted to take up a farming career, they received from the Libyan government farm land, a farm house, all necessary equipment, seeds and livestock, everything needed to kick start their farms . . . ALL FOR FREE!
Of course, families are the core of a healthy society. When you or someone you know had children, how much did the folks in Washington DC send you to help with expenses? Still checking the mailbox?
Under Gaddafi, a mother who gave birth to a child received $5,000 USD.
How about having a place to live? We all know about the homelessness problem in the U.S. with an estimated 552,830 people living on the streets, in the alleys, behind dumpsters.
Under Gaddafi, having a home was considered a human right.
Of course, under Gaddafi Libya was one of those horrible socialist governments. You know how they are. Gaddafi put his own extreme twist on this cruel form of dictatorial rule, with its boot constantly on the necks of its citizens. Libya was and still is an oil-rich country. So . . .
Under Gaddafi, a portion of every oil sale was credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
The guy just didn't know when to quit, eh? What an a**hole!
But the U.S. and its NATO allies took care of all that. Thanks to the efforts of Hillary Clinton and a generous and decisive dose of regime change, all of that is gone now. The U.S. brought the American Way to Libya and now all that we're lacking here, they're lacking there. Success! And lo and behold, ready for a euphemism to justify our war crimes? We knew that under Gaddafi, the people were craving "democracy". So we brought "democracy" to them.
Go Team America!
Having said all of that, I will concede that the new "liberated" Libya does has one new thing going on, which they didn't have before. This is something we don't even have here . . . not yet anyway.
Let me illustrate by asking one more set of questions.
Have you bought a slave lately? Maybe as a Christmas gift? Or maybe to just have some help around the house? Think of how SURPRISED someone would be if you bought them a slave for their birthday!
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