There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?

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It's official. The next president of Indonesia is former army general Prabowo Subianto. Quite how the next five years will pan out is anyone's guess but hopefully the foreign pundits who always bring up his dodgy human rights record will be proven wrong. Nonetheless, on policy making, Prabowo's popularist move to literally offer the poor 'a free lunch' every day of the week does not augur well for the future. Such a policy - if it ever came to fruition - would cost a phenomenal amount of money and likely lead to huge inefficiencies (food waste) and poor incentives (make people lazy). Another concern is Prabowo's strong nationalist bent. Thus, in the possible event that he finds himself with his back against the proverbial wall in the face of stern economic challenges, there is a big chance that he will simply scapegoat foreigners. But he will have to be careful. Construction of the new capital city, Nusantara, for example, is highly dependent on foreign in

On John The Baptist Brown

A short while back I wrote that some people should simply not be allowed to procreate. In that particular case I was referring to a foul-mouthed, tab-smoking four-year old from Surabaya – or rather his moronic parents – who provoked my not inconsiderable ire.

Look we certainly don’t have to hurt people. And we don’t even have to lock them up. A simple state-funded operation will do – hell, a free holiday for recuperation purposes could even be thrown in as part of the package as well - just to be extra nice.

Snip, snip, snip.

It would be one of the best investments the state could ever make.

Don’t agree with me?


John The Baptist Brown?!!!!!

WTF!

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