Brickbat: Too High

Myanmar's military government has arrested Hiroshi Kasamatsu, an executive with a Japanese supermarket chain with several stores in the country, for selling rice above the maximum price set by the government. In total, the government arrested 62 people for selling rice above the official price. Kasamatsu and 10 others face six months to three years in prison while the rest face possible fines.
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Let them eat cake.
The word Myanmar is Burmese for economic geniuses.
Why would anyone bother running a grocery store in such an environment?
They won't, at least not for very long.
Because they'll be beheaded if they close it?
Future Headline: Rice Shortage in Myamnar Baffles Economists
Future Headline: Rice Shortage in Burma Baffles Economists
FTFY 🙂
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren green with envy.
A Nation made just for Democrats.
What the F are they doing here?