A geração do Maio de 68 deixa isto bonito por todo o lado.

"“You can’t let people think that something’s going to be there if it’s not,” Ms. Raimondo said in an interview in her office in the pillared Statehouse, atop a hill in Providence. No one should be blindsided, she said. If pensions are in trouble, it’s better to deliver the news and give people time to make other plans.
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Then, in 2009, with zero political experience, she ran for the state office of treasurer. Although she is a Democrat in a heavily Democratic state, she stood out because she refused to promise that state jobs and pension benefits would be protected no matter what. She won by a landslide, receiving more votes than any other candidate for any state office.

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AT the Portuguese Club in Cranston, José M. Berto raised his hand. At 62, he told Ms. Raimondo, he was on the cusp of retirement.
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“We’re looking at a Ponzi scheme that would make Bernie Madoff look like a Boy Scout,” said Mr. Berto, a supply officer for the state."

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Trechos retirados de "The Little State With a Big Mess"

Cuidado com a morte do mercado interno

Conjugar este texto "Exportações e consumo público adiam o pior", de onde sublinho a ênfase de políticos e comentadores nas exportações, a par da machadado no consumo interno, visto como um pecado capital a eliminar, com este texto "The Consumption Economy Is Dying—Let it Die".
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No texto que se segue basta trocar U.S. por: Espanha, França, Alemanha, Itália, ou Inglaterra para ter uma ideia do que pode acontecer um dia:
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"But the big problem with consumer spending is that if you buy a product made outside the U.S., it doesn't encourage domestic investment. And that's what we really need. In the past, a dollar spent on a shirt would start a virtuous circle, as the clothing factory expanded, adding more workers and buying new sewing machines. That investment in new machines, in turn, would create more business for the sewing machine company, who would then hire more workers who would need new shirts.
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Today, the cycle is happening overseas. We have a genuine investment shortfall in the U.S., where both business and government are way below historical norms for spending on equipment, buildings, software, and infrastructure."
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Agora, ler este títulos:

• "Agravamento fiscal no sector agro-alimentar pode destruir 40 mil empregos"
• "Subida do IVA ameaça 120 mil empregos"

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