[MadIvan]

Ping!

[yankeedame]

All sales of potatoes, which cost ten times as much as maize meal, can now be handled only by the Government.

Oh, that'll insure an bounteous supply of spuds, won't it? I mean, after the government forces everyone on to collectivist farms to grow them.

But, hey, at least they're not under the horror of aparthied, right? (sarcasm)

[Old Professer]

An economist living in Zimbabwe; sounds as bad as a fertilizer salesman plying his trade in Foggy Bottom.