I don't admit to be an expert on supply chain delivery of gas. But I don't think the US government buys gasoline from tankers to resell it to companies and individuals inland.
The article says the gas isn't being delivered for consumption by the people because the government of Sri Lanka doesn't have money to pay for it. The government shouldn't have any part in the supply chain.
So then I looked up Sri Lanka's government and apparently communists hold a majority of seats, at least in recent history.
I don't admit to be an expert on supply chain delivery of gas. But I don't think the US government buys gasoline from tankers to resell it to companies and individuals inland.
That's comparing apples and oranges. The US is a better market than we ever were. Besides we don't produce our own gas, so we have to get it from somewhere else.
The article says the gas isn't being delivered for consumption by the people because the government of Sri Lanka doesn't have money to pay for it. The government shouldn't have any part in the supply chain.
In a perfect world, it shouldn't. I'm a proponent of minarchism, so I can understand the argument. But the fact is that the government does, mostly because the only actual distributor of gas is Ceypetco that is state-owned. Ceypetco was supposed to be a solution to OPEC in the country, so naturally it became a monopoly.
Our country has pretty tight regulations on anything that comes in or goes out (unless you're an apparatchik or on the politburo, in which case go right ahead). And in the end it works very well for the people fleecing the country.
So then I looked up Sri Lanka's government and apparently communists hold a majority of seats, at least in recent history.
If you mean SLPP, yes; on paper they claim to be leftie. In practice they're corporationists.
There's only a handful of socialist parties in the country, the only one represented in parliament is the JVP, and even that is just 3 seats.
Sri Lanka is a little odd in that it's understanding of communism/socialism is (wierdly) different from what other countries consider communism/socialism. I can't explain it.
Perhaps this is because the only party with some clout is the JVP which started out in response to the elite of the country taking advantage of the lower class (think giving incompetent graduates jobs because they're from Ivy League schools over extremely competent graduates from the village *school"). There's a huge layer of classism that exists in the country even today.
All in all, sorry if it looked like I was lashing out at you. I also tend to go off track a lot. So apologies for that.
I don't admit to be an expert on supply chain delivery of gas. But I don't think the US government buys gasoline from tankers to resell it to companies and individuals inland.
The article says the gas isn't being delivered for consumption by the people because the government of Sri Lanka doesn't have money to pay for it. The government shouldn't have any part in the supply chain.
So then I looked up Sri Lanka's government and apparently communists hold a majority of seats, at least in recent history.
That's comparing apples and oranges. The US is a better market than we ever were. Besides we don't produce our own gas, so we have to get it from somewhere else.
In a perfect world, it shouldn't. I'm a proponent of minarchism, so I can understand the argument. But the fact is that the government does, mostly because the only actual distributor of gas is Ceypetco that is state-owned. Ceypetco was supposed to be a solution to OPEC in the country, so naturally it became a monopoly.
Our country has pretty tight regulations on anything that comes in or goes out (unless you're an apparatchik or on the politburo, in which case go right ahead). And in the end it works very well for the people fleecing the country.
If you mean SLPP, yes; on paper they claim to be leftie. In practice they're corporationists.
There's only a handful of socialist parties in the country, the only one represented in parliament is the JVP, and even that is just 3 seats.
Sri Lanka is a little odd in that it's understanding of communism/socialism is (wierdly) different from what other countries consider communism/socialism. I can't explain it.
Perhaps this is because the only party with some clout is the JVP which started out in response to the elite of the country taking advantage of the lower class (think giving incompetent graduates jobs because they're from Ivy League schools over extremely competent graduates from the village *school"). There's a huge layer of classism that exists in the country even today.
All in all, sorry if it looked like I was lashing out at you. I also tend to go off track a lot. So apologies for that.