OH YEAH!!!
"Development, employment assistance
Topping the list of new measures, Abdullah ordered that 40 billion riyals ($10.7 billion) be pumped into the country's development fund, boosting a budget originally set at 47 billion riyals this fiscal year. The fund provides interest-free loans to Saudis who want to build homes, get married or start small businesses.
Other measures included a 15 percent cost of living adjustment for government workers, a year of unemployment assistance for youth and nearly doubling to 15 individuals the size of families that are eligible for state aid.
Also decreed was the writing off of debts of people who had borrowed from the development fund and later died, as well as a release of prisoners. Analysts said the prisoners to be released are likely debtors who were jailed after being unable to pay their dues.
Hundreds of men in white robes performed a traditional Bedouin sword dance on carpets laid out at Riyadh airport as they prepared to greet the monarch, thought to be 87.
Television reporters wore scarves in the colors of the Saudi flag in coverage termed "the joy of a nation" in celebration of the king, who was standing when he first descended from his plane before taking to a wheelchair.
Analysts do not expect unrest like in Egypt or Tunisia since the Gulf Arab state sits on more than $400 billion in net foreign assets, but they say Riyadh must address social pressures such as high youth unemployment and housing problems.
Political stability in the top OPEC producer is of global concern as Saudi Arabia controls more than a fifth of oil reserves, is a major holder of dollar assets and a vital regional U.S. ally.
The measures did not include political reforms in the absolute monarchy, such as elections to municipal councils demanded by liberals and opposition groups. The Gulf Arab state has no elected parliament or political parties and does not tolerate public dissent."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41733661/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
