According to Khabar Online, the newspaper of the Islamic Republic wrote: For some time, meat, chicken and fruit have been removed from the table of some families, and the table of some other families has decreased. With the increase in the price of dairy products, which has happened on several occasions this year, it is being removed from the table of the poor and has been removed from the table of some families. The egg has found a story similar to the chicken itself.
In the health sector, in addition to the problems that people have for surgery and hospital expenses, the provision of medicine has another story, and if there is a problem of financing it, it also puts a heavy burden on the shoulders of the people. The costs of services, purchase of household appliances and house rent for tenants, if they are added to this list, none of the poor families can afford them.
It is true that the conditions of war, economic blockade and sanctions are the causes of these high prices, but the abilities of the government and the managers of various departments during the 40-day war showed that the authorities can fight and control the current high prices, which is partly caused by the avarice and hoarding of some businessmen and traders, and the other part is related to the recklessness of economic officials, especially the foreign exchange sector.
During the 40-day war, repairing the damaged electricity posts, solving the water problem, providing shelter for people whose houses were destroyed or damaged, repairing bridges and roads, taking care of families who lost their guardians, and providing security throughout the country, were the great things that the government and law enforcement and security forces were able to do. In addition to this exceptional service, provision of food items and other public necessities so that no one feels lack was the great art of the country’s officials.
This admirable ability shows that the government and the officials can control the cost that has now fallen on people’s lives in an unbridled manner. It is clear from the words of the officials, especially the president himself, that they are upset with the increase in prices and want to prevent it. Practical efforts are being made to achieve this demand, but what is seen in the scene of people’s daily life shows the ineffectiveness of these efforts. This failure should not be considered as the inability of the government to control the high prices. The problem should be looked for in economic policies, lack of monitoring of business interactions, opportunism of traders and profit seekers, unnecessary expenses, the existence of uncharacteristic and hanging devices that receive funds, astronomical bonuses of companies and banks to the members of the board of directors, which is not compatible with any logic, and the performance of the central bank in allocating foreign currency to devices and unnecessary imported items. The reform of these matters will have a great impact on the government’s monetary power, and in this way it can control fluctuations and help people’s livelihood by stabilizing prices.
If the Ministry of Jihad Agriculture has a competent and active minister, it can make the country self-sufficient in addition to rice and wheat, even in the field of animal feed, by resorting to effective plans for agriculture and necessary works and preventing the wastage of agricultural facilities for unnecessary matters. It seems that Mr. President, with a shake-up in the government and reconsideration of some agricultural, financial and foreign exchange officials, can bring the country to a stage of economic power that will enjoy price stability even in the worst war conditions.
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