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"What if austerity measures work? Is that going to burst someone's bubble?"

Yes. The managerial class. Banksters need reckless spending in order to put more people and nations into debt servitude. If austerity works, people might (gasp) start to look to the free market for answers to economic woes, and start damming the banks and governments for their mis-management of economic matters.



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