As government officials were briefing the President over planned state spending on infrastructure, President Saakashvili was writing down on a chart board figures provided by the officials. "Life was easier a year ago," but the world economic crisis has deteriorated the situation and the Georgian government is now taking measure not to let this crisis "to enter into Georgia," President Saakashvili said in a live televised meeting with government members on January 9. "Life was easier a year ago, as Georgia was an attractive country and there were much free money with investors vigorously looking for places for making investments. Today the situation is radically changed; free money and investors have disappeared in the world… Our condition is getting more complicated against the background of this situation," he said. "The only right recipe in this situation is the state investments in the economy," he added. The President then he asked the government members to list particular projects in which the state planned to invest in 2009 as part of its, as the government calls it, GEL 2.2 billion economic stimulus package. Finance Minister, Nika Gilauri, told ...