al disasters. For example, government funding is essential for economic growth and stability. Ending the funding of certain investments, profitable or not, may scare away potential investors who may see it as a decrease in Indonesia's foreign direct investment. Instead, Suharto could have simply decreased the government spending which would in turn free up some cash with which to repay their debt.
             Cutting any kind of subsidies, which benefit the people, would most certainly lead to retaliation of the citizens against the government. In addition, Suharto could have also restructured the draft budget so that it contained more realistic and feasible projections. For one man to project that a country's currency will double in value is like trying to play God. The citizens of Indonesia may have thought that Suharto was out to improve their stand
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