Sunday 06 May 2012
The economic consequences of the decisions made by the Mahinda regime, to satisfy the international money lenders, are becoming intolerable. Apart from those who contribute to the Sinhala Buddhist ideology of the regime and those who are profiting by the regime’s excesses, the rest fight on a daily basis without much coordination, to cope with the rising cost of living. It is usual to see people buying one egg, half a loaf of bread, and 100gms of sugar; more seriously, even cutting down on essential medication because that too has become a luxury. What Bandula suggested was forced austerity. Actually today, in general, a family is forced to survive on Rs 7,500.00 per month or less, so that children could go to school. Though I did not mobilize, there were enough people who would have marched upto the Ministry of Education and physically hurled him out on to the street. That was the level of anger.Middle classes Full Story>>>
