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Austerity for ministers: superficial snips?

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Faced with a raft of controversies over ministers abusing their perks - be it cigars, or apartments - President Nicolas Sarkozy fired off a letter to his Prime Minister announcing a series of belt-tightening measures. By 2013, the state will get rid of 7,000 flats and 10,000 cars, ministerial staff will be downsized and the presidential hunting grounds will be no more. So is this merely cosmetic, or is it real austerity?


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Everyone, including

by Anonyme - 01/01/2011 - 23:07

Everyone, including GOVERMENTS around the world will have to pay their bills no matter how painful. What is good for the average citizen is also good for the GOVERNMENT. It is time to pay up and no one will like it. They only difference is that the average citizen is already used to a budget.

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