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Lars77

(3,032 posts)
Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:07 PM Jun 2012

Italians protest austerity measures



Thousands of demonstrators in the Italian capital Rome took to the streets on Saturday to protest against new austerity meassures.

Many Italians fear that he new meassures will harm worker rights and pensions.

The demonstrations come as Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti said the country is flirting with economic disaster.
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Italians protest austerity measures (Original Post) Lars77 Jun 2012 OP
austerity in europe magic59 Jun 2012 #1
 

magic59

(429 posts)
1. austerity in europe
Sat Jun 16, 2012, 07:12 PM
Jun 2012

war on entitlements in the US, its all about the uber rich, the corporate elite stealing from the poor while the middles class dissolves under their perverse economic stranglehold.

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