1. There is no electricity bill in Libya; electricity is free for all its citizens.
2. There is no interest on loans, banks in Libya are state-owned and loans given to all its citizens at 0% interest by law.
3. Home considered a human right in Libya
4. All newlyweds in Libya receive $60,000 Dinar (US$50,000) by the government to buy their first apartment so to help start up the family.
Is this what you call a dictator
Traditional wedding in Tripoli, Libya
5. Education and medical treatments are free in Libya. Before Gaddafi only 25% of Libyans are literate. Today the figure is 83%.
6. Should Libyans want to take up farming career, they would receive farming land, a farming house, equipments, seeds and livestock to kick-start their farms – all for free.
7. If Libyans cannot find the education or medical facilities they need in Libya, the government funds them to go abroad for it – not only free but they get US$2,300/mth accommodation and car allowance.
8. In Libyan, if a Libyan buys a car, the government subsidized 50% of the price.
9. The price of petrol in Libya is $0.14 per liter.
11. If a Libyan is unable to get employment after graduation the state would pay the average salary of the profession as if he or she is employed until employment is found.
12. A portion of Libyan oil sale is, credited directly to the bank accounts of all Libyan citizens.
13. A mother who gave birth to a child receive US$5,000
14. 40 loaves of bread in Libya costs $ 0.15
15. 25% of Libyans have a university degree
16. Gaddafi carried out the world’s largest irrigation project, known as the Great Man-Made River project, to make water readily available throughout the desert country.
Which other dictator has done much good to his people
2 random comments:
Its a funny thing neh? Hitler is famous for one of the greatest slaughters in human history and yet is also responsible for much of the re-industrialisation of Germany.
The problem stems from the fact that as a society we seem to like our stories neatly packaged into binary packages where we are shown the good guy/bad guy relationship. in this case Gaddafi is shown as a bad guy because the American/UK press has always had a bone to pick with him for everything from his support of Palestine, to his supposed shelter of the Lockerbie bombers and who can forget providing the Soviets with a launch pad for operation in the Western Hemisphere.
I am not saying that he didnt do or have done some terrible things. Nor am I saying that the things listed in this e-mail exonerate him. What it does do is challenge us the audience to this story in how we accept a point of view as the sole truth when in reality the truth is such a convoluted mess that when we really examine who did what, they why and what the desired and achieved outcomes were we are often left only with a strong sense of disillusionment because the strong pillars that we thought the world is based on were in fact merely poles that we each hold up hoping that it will stop the sky from falling on our heads.
but thats the thing isnt it. reality seems to continue and to to exist independant of whether or not you or I or anyone else believes it or cares about it. That my friend is why i will always admire surfers. the waves will reach the shore, there is nothing the surfers can do to divert them or stop them. All that they can do is ride what comes.
Jeff Atlee
The same can be said about the apartheid government, there was a lot of free (or to the benefit) for whites (long list as well) but does not mean the regime or its leaders was good.
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