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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Communists order more pig sex


COMMUNIST ORDERED PIG SEX
A Command and Control economy reached a new level when the Communist
head of China ordered that there be more pig sex in order to increase pork supplies.

China's premier has ordered local leaders to boost pork production to help cool inflation that pushed up the price of the country's staple meat by 57 percent in June says the Associated Press.

It was not made clear how the pigs were to be inspired to have sex more often just because the Communist Party wants them to.  It should be noted in a free market farmers solve this problem without the help of Communists.

During a weekend visit to farm villages, Premier Wen Jiabao called for steps to cut production costs for pork, according to a statement Tuesday on the Cabinet website.

A 14.4 percent jump in June food costs pushed inflation to a three-year high of 6.4 percent in June, well above the government's 4 percent target.

"Pork consumption is a firmly fixed consumer necessity of the masses. A stable pork market is the government's unavoidable responsibility," Wen told farmers at a village in Shaanxi province, according to the statement.
China's premier has ordered local leaders to boost pork
production to help cool inflation that pushed up the price of
the country's staple meat by 57 percent in June.
 (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Inflation is politically dangerous for the ruling communists because it undermines economic gains that underpin the party's claim to power. They have declared containing prices their priority but inflation has risen steadily despite five interest rate hikes since October and other curbs.

Tuesday's statement gave no details of measures to cool pork prices but said farmers who met with Wen cited high costs for corn used as pig feed.

"The things pigs eat now cost more than what people eat," a farmer named Li Nahou was quoted as saying.

Analysts blame the inflation spike on rising demand that is outstripping food supplies and a flood of bank lending that was part of China's stimulus after the 2008 global crisis.

Pork prices are unusually volatile because some farmers stopped raising pigs after a 2007 outbreak of blue ear disease killed hundreds of thousands of animals and prompted Beijing to destroy millions more.

The government has ordered food processors and other consumer goods makers to hold down price rises.

HAPPY COMMUNISTS
"We told our pigs to close their eyes, think of Chairman Mao, and do it for the party."
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1 comment:

Gary said...

John, thanks for visiting the site.

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