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Re: Isn't it rather obvious (4.00 / 3)
Also, with respect to the UK, it's now in its third recession since adopting austerity. Why is,it continuing these policies in spite of the fact that the seem not to be working? I assume there is no punnishment factor there.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP on Sun Feb 17th, 2013 at 08:12:18 AM EST
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LEP:
Why is,it continuing these policies in spite of the fact that the seem not to be working?

  1. they're one-trick ponies

  2. dobbin is going to get run into the ground before they will admit defeat.

it's unthinkable that they act differently than they do, to change would make them look even more idiotic to themselves than they do already!
 

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Feb 17th, 2013 at 06:05:55 PM EST
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