Chris Doss>...Do you have any idea what Kazakhstan was like in the pre- Soviet era?
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All the nations of Central Asia and Caucasia must tackle the dismantling of the system imposed by the Soviet Union, and the establishment of the political and economic systems they require as independent nations. The basic indices relating to education, health care and social services are generally high in comparison with other so-called developing nations. However, since independence, the inefficiencies of the planned economic system that was applied during the Soviet Union era, ^^^^^^ CB: Michael, did you note this little vicious , lying absurdity ? Of course the "basic indices relating to education, health care and social services are generally high in comparison with other so-called developing nations" EXACTLY BECAUSE of the EFFICIENCIES , not inefficiencies, of the PLANNED ECONOMIC SYSTEM that was applied during the Soviet Union era. This agent of imperialism wants to dismantle that efficient , planned system, so that somebody can impose an anarchic, market, private system that make somebody profits while lowering the education, health care and social services to the populations; like in Detroit where the center city hospital system is under threat of closing because the business has made bad investments elsewhere, trying to make money, where the anarchy of the market is creating a glut of hospital beds in the rich suburbs and a lack of them in the inner city.
the dilapidation of facilities and machinery, inadequate maintenance control, insufficient energy and the loss of markets due to the collapse of the Soviet economic zone, have led to chaos across their societies and economies. A priority for these countries is therefore to establish systems and structures appro- priate for their status as truly independent nations...