{"id":646658,"date":"2017-06-20T04:19:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T04:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/20\/newton-wants-the-government-to-revise-lifting-subsidies\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T04:19:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T04:19:48","slug":"newton-wants-the-government-to-revise-lifting-subsidies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/20\/newton-wants-the-government-to-revise-lifting-subsidies\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton wants the government to revise lifting subsidies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newton wants the government to revise lifting subsidies some more<\/strong>: The Al Masry Al Youm columnist<\/a> writing under the pseudonym Newton thinks the government should rework its schedule for lifting subsidies in light of the inflationary impact of its economic reforms that has not been offset by an increase in wages. The columnist, who may have slept through the many announcement of wage, pension and other benefit increases, points in particular to subsidies on things that affect low-income citizens, such as diesel, which he believes should not be lifted at the same time as electricity. Newton gets more than his fair dose of Nasseritis, suggesting that the state should look at other sources of financial drain, such as unnecessary luxuries given to certain officials, to curb its expenditures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newton wants the government to revise lifting subsidies some more: The Al Masry Al Youm columnist writing under the pseudonym Newton thinks the government should rework its schedule for lifting subsidies in light of the inflationary impact of its economic reforms that has not been offset by an increase in wages. 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