IMF Grants Ukraine Eight Billion, Liepāja Tram Cash Box Dreams of Ten Euros
While Ukraine receives billions, our tram still runs on the same money collected back in Brezhnev's time.
The International Monetary Fund has decided to grant Ukraine eight billion dollars, which in Liepāja terms is roughly enough to repair all the streets, buy new trams, and still have money left over to lower tram ticket prices to one euro.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko joyfully announced this financial miracle, while Liepāja tram driver Jānis comments: 'Good for them. We need billions too - then we could fix the tracks so that coffee cups don't spill in cafés when we drive by.'
Particularly touching is that the money will be used for 'budget deficit financing and macrofinancial stability support.' In Liepāja, we call that 'having something to buy potatoes with and pay for heating.' But of course, we're not that elegant - we finance our budget deficit with hope that some tourist will buy a souvenir in Karosta.
Meanwhile, Riga is already calculating how much of these billions could be diverted to their city, because they also need money... to build yet another shopping center. But we Liepāja folks are humble - a couple million would suffice to build a proper road from downtown to Karosta. Or at least one you can drive on without thinking about your car's shock absorbers.
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