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...Saddam get the cash? Starting in 2000, many buyers of Iraqi oil, often using middlemen, deposited a total of $229 million in illegal surcharges--of 10¢ to 30?? per bbl.--into bank accounts controlled by the Iraqi government. Meanwhile, exporters of food, medicine and other items paid nearly $1.6 billion in kickbacks, often contracted as "inland transportation" or "after-sales service" fees...
...moving through is the quintessential Western nightmare: homebound on the range. Driving back from Bozeman that afternoon, I crunched some more discouraging numbers. I'd always heard that freedom had a price. And soon I'd determined what it was in my case, driving my mammoth, inefficient truck: 30?? a mile. This meant that my high-speed gallop along the highway was costing me roughly a dollar every two minutes. I couldn't have been more flummoxed if I'd been told that I now had to pay a dime for every breath and a nickel for every heartbeat...
...years back, Sauri's residents cooked with locally collected wood, but the decline in the number of trees has left the area bereft of sufficient fuel. Villagers said that they now buy pieces of fuel wood in Yala or Muhanda, a bundle of seven sticks costing around 30??. Not only are seven sticks barely enough to cook one meal, but for a lack of 30??, many villagers had in fact reverted to cooking with cow dung or to eating uncooked meals...
...just 30?? you can upgrade that grande Slushee to a Venti...
...SHOP THE WEB. "Prices can vary 20¢ to 30?? a gallon in the same metro area, and often you don't have to drive very far to find cheap gas, just an extra block or two," suggests Jason Toews, co-founder of GasBuddy.com a website that uses volunteer spotters to help compile price lists at stations in 174 areas around the country. GasPriceWatch.com and FuelMeUp.com can also help you find the cheapest fill-up in your neighborhood, near your job or along your commute...