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Son't forget Argentina and Iceland malaise May 2012 #1
Or South America, which has rejected the Global Corps for the past decade. sabrina 1 May 2012 #8
Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua, El Salvador... DutchLiberal May 2012 #10
Absolutely. There are plenty of examples of the failures of austerity. If they (the corporations) jwirr May 2012 #30
Iceland accepted IMF austerity measures in order to borrow billions. nt hack89 May 2012 #28
emulate france = have a candidate left of current management, which we do not nt msongs May 2012 #2
I don't think we should raise taxes significantly right now. girl gone mad May 2012 #3
Did you forget the sarcasm emoticon? You can't be serious, right? Lionessa May 2012 #4
Unfortunately, history doesn't back up your claim jeff47 May 2012 #11
Unfortunately, this presumption is not accurate in our present framework. girl gone mad May 2012 #12
Again, history does not agree with you. jeff47 May 2012 #14
Tax increases destroy dollars. girl gone mad May 2012 #15
That is a truly stunning amount of wrong to put into a single post. jeff47 May 2012 #16
"Money flows into that account via taxes and bond sales" girl gone mad May 2012 #17
Still wrong jeff47 May 2012 #19
Your post is totally off base. girl gone mad May 2012 #20
No, you only like to think it is jeff47 May 2012 #21
How has MMT been proven wrong by this current crisis? girl gone mad May 2012 #25
And now we shift again. jeff47 May 2012 #31
Winning the election while making promises of a great life is easy. Producing those results is hard. dkf May 2012 #5
Post removed Post removed May 2012 #6
When there is a referendum on whether the economy is in place to serve the citizens (or vice versa), Snarkoleptic May 2012 #7
Greeks gave 8% of the vote to neo-nazi party; for first time in 4 decades they'll be in parliament.. DutchLiberal May 2012 #9
The Greeks will be going back on the drachma with a 50% cut in the standard of living. FarCenter May 2012 #22
And the neo-nazi's are going to change that... how? DutchLiberal May 2012 #23
After a period of chaos, they will get a dictatorship of either the right or the left FarCenter May 2012 #24
Yes, hurrah for communist of fascist dictatorship! DutchLiberal May 2012 #26
France's citizens seem to have gotten it right. DevonRex May 2012 #13
Britain is a better morality play. bluestate10 May 2012 #18
The Greeks don't need to raise taxes hack89 May 2012 #27
Greeks spent several centuries avoiding taxes imposed by the Turks. FarCenter May 2012 #29
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