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Portugal debates future of welfare state. “The country has to choose between higher taxes or fewer state services, Vítor Gaspar, finance minister, said. “There appears to be an enormous divergence between what the Portuguese believe the state should deliver and the amount of taxes they are prepared to pay,” he told parliament recently. The solution is to tax the rich. If it doesn’t seem to work, try yelling it louder.

Contributed on November 26, 2012 by Bonfire of the Absurdities, who has submitted 2771 posts.

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poppajoe49 November 26, 2012 at 10:46 pm

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Do these leftists all go to the same indoctrination camp?

PsychoDad November 27, 2012 at 7:58 am

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Didja know something interesting about the Financial Times? you have to register to read their articles.

PsychoDad November 27, 2012 at 8:04 am

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Wow. Here’s a line right out of Wonderland or Bizarro-world:

‘ The prime minister, said António Arnaut, a member of the opposition Socialists and a founder of the national health service, is bent on a “neoliberal project to destroy the welfare state”. ‘

Progressive Hemrrhoid November 27, 2012 at 6:52 pm

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And how is He going to do that? Commit Suicide?