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kpete

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Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:54 PM Jan 2013

Austerity Bites.....Pizza?

Britain's 'Triple Dip' Recession Perilously Close As Economy Shrinks

.....they're having a jolly good time knowing that they're destroying their country.

In Britain it's 100% clear that the chosen policies are destructive, that contractionary policy is contractionary, that the recovery was under way until they decided to kill the economy.

http://www.eschatonblog.com/2013/01/let-it-burn.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/britain-triple-dip-recession_n_2550520.html



The three Conservatives and their entourage were caught on a mobile phone camera by Ben Stewart, the head of media at Greenpeace, who tweeted the image.



They were all staying overnight in the mountain town of Davos, where the world's most influential businessmen and politicians gather for a summit on economics each year.

A pizza with smoked ham, rocket salad and parmesan is £20, or 31 Swiss Francs.

He posted on Twitter: "I watched Cam, Os and BoJo's raucous Davos dinner last night, wondering if GDP figures great or if they didn't care. Guess we know now..."


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9826104/Dave-George-and-Boris-out-for-pizza-night-before-GDP-woe.html
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Austerity Bites.....Pizza? (Original Post) kpete Jan 2013 OP
Must have been like a night with the Bullington Club Londoncalling Jan 2013 #1
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