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AnneD

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23. They can keep raising...

Reply to xchrom (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 11:17 AM

Sep 2013

the import duty on gold, but Indians will not stop purchasing it. What will happen is the black market will thrive and the government will loose out on the money.

Things are so bad that hubby's brother and sister cannot afford onions or tomatoes. I just can't imagine Indian dishes without onions. That is the thing that brings on riots. Although I told hubby I don't see why they couldn't grow their own. He said THAT was the very difference between Americans and Indians. We wouldn't but up with it. Meh, maybe maybe not, but I still can't figure why they would endure that rather than grow their own. Guess I am just not that far removed from my farm roots.

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