Chalabi in Iraq
Iraq the Model comments on Chalabi's political proposals. I'm no fan of Chalabi, but I like this idea, and hope other candidates pick it up:
He also seized the chance to announce his slate’s platform which of course included many not unexpected ideas like promises to fighting terrorism, creating more jobs and rebuilding the infrastructure which are common findings in almost all recent speeches of politicians but the most interesting plans he talked about was introducing an oil revenue distribution plan similar to that currently used in Alaska with one difference that is money is to be distributed monthly instead of annually.
I have doubts about the feasibility of such a system in Iraq, I think it can be a good alternative for subsidizing fuel and food rations, maybe in a few years from now but not at the moment (I will probably write in detail about this in a separate post).
I can think of few things that would help make sure enough of Iraq's oil money ends up in the pockets of its people, as well as creating a huge incentive for the population to help prevent sabotage.
Rest of the article is informative, too.
