What's the point in trying to explain bud. I don't think this govt is clueless and can't do a job properly, but they are wilfully keeping their bloody eyes shut. Comparatively, I think UNP was better at managing the economy than these goons, meaning they were more 'systematic' like, as you say for instance having a pricing formula in place (mila sutraya) for some items as is done in many developed countries. They were trying somewhat, but again they had their share of crooks, the bane of third world countries such as ours. Looks like we're stuck with it too.Simple example is oil prices in SL
People think formula is bad but it's the best to manage inflation because it will NOT affect people as much when you do daily adjustments
But SL doesn't allow that because economic isn't important what's important is what people think
Another example is car prices
SL pay like 3 times of what a normal car cost in say Japan or in the UK
Another one second hand prices
Sometimes you get more after driving few years which is a sign of structural issues in the economy
I can explain many but no point

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