The Starving Billionaires


	The Starving Billionaires
hitchhiker08
7-23-2008 2:03 AM
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zimbabwe, robert mugabe, inflation, violence
hitchhiker08 says:
Hard to believe, Zimbabwe was once among the richest countries in Africa.
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7-23-2008 6:49 AM
Antara
Such a nightmare
7-23-2008 7:53 AM
debbyski
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4a745d97-7a7d-4bc6-8982-ce8d38178ce4/1E095065-801C-40D7-86E7-AE096F12BE93/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html" href="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wackyarchives.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html"><H1>The Starving Billionaires</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wackyarchives.com/img/937D1172-4A45-4BC1-BDC6-3F905A55CCAB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html">perhaps the only country where being a billionaire doesn’t mean hot chicks, cool wheels and a big house. The $100 billion banknote recently introduced in Zimbabwe is equal to just one U.S. dollar. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wackyarchives.com/img/1F6300F4-391A-4ED3-BE98-A508C15E2BA8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wackyarchives.com/img/9047A95E-2171-468D-AB8D-20A91AE9CAF9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html">Here’s how a lot of money and little value looks like!</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wackyarchives.com/img/74A9D1CB-55E1-4277-83FB-A8ACD69F7B38" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wackyarchives.com/offbeat/the-starving-billionaires.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wackyarchives.com/img/BFDC2D29-A207-4C99-AFC6-29AAA01CE912" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7515800/7515823.stm" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7515800/7515823.stm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7515800/7515823.stm"><H1>
					Zimbabwe introduces Z$100bn note
				</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7515800/7515823.stm"><DIV class="cap">In January, the bank introduced a Z$10m note</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7515800/7515823.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/61FF397F-DC43-4F54-9107-28DFD3B11F6C" alt="Zimbabwe $10m note, January 2008" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7510000/newsid_7515800/7515823.stm"><P>
Some Zimbabweans are already calling for higher denominations in a country where the official annual inflation rate has exceeded 2,200,000%.
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<B>Daily bread</B>
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But Zimbabwe residents say the latest note is already worthless, and does not even cover their daily lunch.
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"Nowadays, for my expenses a day, I need about Z$500 billion," one resident said.
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"So Z$100 billion can't do anything because for me to go home I need Z$250 billion, so this [note] is worthless."
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Zimbabwe was once one of the richest countries in Africa.
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