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Japan's general election: end of one-party rule | 48 comments (48 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Read Hatoyama's lips? (4.00 / 4)
tuasfait: In essence, their promise is to create a welfare state of the Swedish type, without higher taxes.

Then how do they plan to pay for it?

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion, but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.

by marco on Sat Aug 29th, 2009 at 07:22:30 AM EST
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Re: Read Hatoyama's lips? (4.00 / 4)
Yeah, I know, I know. We don't really believe that. Still, voters are willing to support the platform because they feel expense items are appealing.  

I will become a patissier, God willing.
by tuasfait on Sat Aug 29th, 2009 at 10:03:02 AM EST
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Japan's general election: end of one-party rule | 48 comments (48 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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