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PatrickforO

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3. History has proven again, and again, and again, and again that

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Tue Jul 7, 2015, 01:53 PM

Jul 2015

austerity does not work, has never worked and will never work, except for funneling an ever greater percent of the wealth and income to the top 1/10 of 1%. That's ALL austerity does.

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Austerity has failed: An open letter from Thomas Piketty to Angela Merkel (Socialist Progressives) [View all] Starry Messenger Jul 2015 OP

Good luck talking sense into Angela, Tom Demeter Jul 2015 #1

completely under bankster control FlatBaroque Jul 2015 #2

History has proven again, and again, and again, and again that PatrickforO Jul 2015 #3

Sounds like what is happening here. iemitsu Jul 2015 #4