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Following US Great Depression Example
for Equitable Inflation Easement |
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Dear
Editors,
The
move to increase wages for public servants and pensioners
based on the percentage of their earning scales essentially
benefits high salaried categories. Given the rate of
inflation on consumer goods, it is important for the
government to push the private sector to increase wages.
Going
by the Civil Service Agency's official announcement,
government employees at the lower income levels have their
monthly earnings increased by 37pc of gross salaries.
However, the higher the salary of civil servants the lower
the increase of percentage, for there is as low as an 18pc
increase in the category of high earning public servants,
the Agency notes. |
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Need for State Media Counterbalance |
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Dear Editors,
It has always been the brand of your newspaper to
take one side and impose that view as if it is
shared by five million residents of Addis Abeba, and
in the most serious cases the 81 million Ethiopians.
At this particular moment of history, you have a
special responsibility not only to Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi’s government but also to the people at
large. |
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Doubting Ruling Party Rhetoric Changes Goes Beyond
Talk |
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Dear
Editors,
In your
editorial of last week, “Why Rule of Law is More Important
than Fighting Poverty” [Volume 8, Number 386, September 23,
2007], you said that the present government has started
“uncharacteristically preaching inclusiveness and
togetherness” on key national issues. |
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