Subsidies for the People

March 13, 2001

Does PLN deserve subsidies from the government? Has it earned the right to ask the government to increase electricity rates? People should be asking these two questions. Why? Firstly, because only half of the Indonesian people have electricity in their homes. The rest—who are too poor to pay for it—are, apparently, being asked to subsidize the more prosperous half. Secondly, this state-owned enterprise is well known for its ramp

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