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**Bobdilan** · 10-27-2011, 04:17 AM

A couple links:

http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/10/22/fea02.asp :

"Gaddafi began to use the [oil] revenues thus generated to benefit the people. An attempt was made to redistribute the national wealth. Subsidies were considered the most effective way to do so, and food, housing, fuel, healthcare and education were either free or heavily subsided.
Under the feudal regime, literacy had been an astonishingly 10 percent - one of the lowest in the world. Within four decades, this rocketed to 90 percent, one of the highest in the Arab world. Life expectancy was increased by 20 years to 77 years, just one year short of that of the USA. "

http://newamericamedia.org/2011/10/v...ive-legacy.php :

"Gaddafi's regime, though denigrated by the West, created the highest standard of living in Africa, with public health care, financial assistance for families, university scholarships, a jobs program and benefits that the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York and London can only dream of."

10-27-2011, 04:17 AM	#8
Bobdilan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 339 Senior Member	A couple links: http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/10/22/fea02.asp : "Gaddafi began to use the [oil] revenues thus generated to benefit the people. An attempt was made to redistribute the national wealth. Subsidies were considered the most effective way to do so, and food, housing, fuel, healthcare and education were either free or heavily subsided. Under the feudal regime, literacy had been an astonishingly 10 percent - one of the lowest in the world. Within four decades, this rocketed to 90 percent, one of the highest in the Arab world. Life expectancy was increased by 20 years to 77 years, just one year short of that of the USA. " http://newamericamedia.org/2011/10/v...ive-legacy.php : "Gaddafi's regime, though denigrated by the West, created the highest standard of living in Africa, with public health care, financial assistance for families, university scholarships, a jobs program and benefits that the Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York and London can only dream of."
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