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maybe the postal privatisation is a vicarious issue for a more general approach to economic issues? Maybe Koizumi's success means more privatisation and more free-market policy also in other areas?
by Saturday (geckes(at)gmx.net) on Sun Sep 11th, 2005 at 04:55:57 PM EST
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This has been his favored approach, with mixed short-term results. It is not yet clear if he would seek to apply the privatisation solution to social policies including the national health insurance and the pension, which are major causes of huge government deficits. In any event, the postal service is the last remaining government industry.

I will become a patissier, God willing.
by tuasfait on Sun Sep 11th, 2005 at 10:18:07 PM EST
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