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another_liberal

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8. Not sure . . .

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 20, 2013, 01:26 PM

Feb 2013

I'm not sure it will mean the end of anything, but it definitely is another nail in the coffin of the ruling coalition. It will take a whole lot more than bankers' scare stories to get the crowd in power elected next time.

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Greece braces for fresh anti-austerity strike [View all] another_liberal Feb 2013 OP

Its not so much they're committed to austerity as a ruling policy. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #1

Bankers paying bankers . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #2

I couldn't agree more dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #3

Of course they would also default . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #4

You may have overlooked something dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #5

Argentina's current inflation . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #10

Invade ? dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #14

If the Greek government says no? another_liberal Feb 2013 #15

'Sovereign governments' aren't as 'sovereign' as they used to be. pampango Feb 2013 #18

Maybe the better off . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #20

I'll bet this is the strike that stop austerity (as opposed to all of the other ones) Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #6

Not sure . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #8

Greece keeps changing governing coalitions, but each new one pushes austerity Freddie Stubbs Feb 2013 #19

So far, maybe. another_liberal Feb 2013 #21

Wasn't it goldman-sachs that dotymed Feb 2013 #7

Good point. another_liberal Feb 2013 #9

You can find the details here hack89 Feb 2013 #11

Greece joined the EU in 1981 dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #12

Isn't it amazing when repugs proclaim "we don't want to be like louis-t Feb 2013 #13

The wealthy use austerity . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #16

Kick and rec Kingofalldems Feb 2013 #17