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I can't read his posts because every time he starts going off about lazy Greeks it just starts to sound like some racist screed about the perfidious Jews or thieving Gypsies or something equally inane. Can you maybe not use nationalities as a pejorative like that, because it makes you sound like an even bigger shithead than the content of your arguments.
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Typo posted:I got a feeling if I simply called it a "wealth redistribution program" instead of "austerity" a few posts ago you'd be all for it right now. Austerity, in the context we're discussing, involves attempting to close the deficit primarily by reducing government spending. The whole implication of the world 'austere' is doing without something, which isn't applicable if you aren't giving anything up.
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Jul 22, 2015 00:34
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Typo posted:Somebody is giving something up, in this case the rich now have to pay more taxes By this definition, shifting towards a Scandinavian welfare state could be considered Austerity so long as the additional taxes on the wealthy outweighed the increased benefits to the poor. If we're going to define the term so broadly that it includes literally any measures that result in a net decrease in the budget deficit then the term is essentially meaningless since it now includes a huge scope of policies and values that are often explicitly contradictory towards each other.
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Jul 22, 2015 00:51
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I'm pretty sure hanging the rich is a pretty long ways off Phol. Thanks for the insight about your friend though.
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