Kuwait's 2004-05 budget's surplus increase three folds

[TexasLawyer]

Remember when THIS country used to have a surplus? Must be nice.

http://www.zawya.com/money/

Kuwait's 2004-05 budget's surplus increase three folds
KUNA (Kuwait News Agency) - 18May 14:17GMT

Kuwait budget surplus in 2004-05 fiscal year recorded 75 percent increase compared with last fiscal year to reach some 3.9 billion Kuwaiti Dinars.

[Up2Late]

1. HEY! Time for a Tax Cut!

Wait, do they pay taxes in Kuwait?

[Zorra]

2. Is Clinton running Kuwait now? n/t

[DulceDecorum]

3. The US must have paid that oil bill

I am going to follow the kind advice of NuttyFluffers
and sex-up the intro
and repost this info.

Now, we all know that
Cheney's Halliburton has been overcharging the US government
over oil imports from Kuwait into Iraq.
And we also know that that
citizens of Kuwait have been detained in Guantanamo Bay.
But did you know that
KUWAIT HAS BEEN FOOTING THE ENTIRE OIL BILL FOR THIS WAR?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1785946


Friday 18 March 2005, 2:56 Makka Time, 23:56 GMT
The days when a US Army truck could fill up for free at a petrol station in Kuwait are coming to an end.
Kuwait's energy minister on Thursday said US troops are going to have to start paying for fuel.
<snip>
"But now after the Iraqi elections ... we have to create a mechanism for payment," Energy Minister Ahmad Fahd al-Ahmad Al Sabah said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/34A8BB07-0771-42...

More at:
Kuwait Says It Will Start Charging The U.S. Military For Fuel
http://www.atsnn.com/story/127585.html

[TexasLawyer]

4. That, and $60/bl crude exports, will

run up Kuwait's GDP rather quickly.