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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8[/ame]
"The winter is cold, I've got plenty of gold, and I'm standing in line for a loaf of bread.".
Don't understand that one part, they have gold but still poor? Gold isn't worth anything? Can someone explain? :3
I see USA as Space Invaders.Now I will see Russia as a game a Tetris, and noting else. lol
Pillar was pretty much right. Though the supply of bread had not much to do with the government wanting to make profits. By the time Gorbachev was in office the USSR's economy was in shambles. Years of economic mismanagement and a costly war in Afghanistan had driven their economy past the breaking point. On top of that, the USSR's whole system was messed up, even if they had they had an ample amount of wheat it just might sit in silos rotting...though I wont get deeper into that.
To make a long story short, the people of Russia had plenty of money to buy bread...but there wasn't enough of it to go around.

Pillar was pretty much right. Though the supply of bread had not much to do with the government wanting to make profits. By the time Gorbachev was in office the USSR's economy was in shambles. Years of economic mismanagement and a costly war in Afghanistan had driven their economy past the breaking point. On top of that, the USSR's whole system was messed up, even if they had they had an ample amount of wheat it just might sit in silos rotting...though I wont get deeper into that.
To make a long story short, the people of Russia had plenty of money to buy bread...but there wasn't enough of it to go around.