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Green Quantitative Easing
Green Quantitative Easing is now attracting considerable political attention. This is where it all started:
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This in part may explain why taxpayers are reluctant to pay more than the legal minimum of tax due – we have no proper idea what it is being spent on.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/22/greece-crisis-no-confidence-vote
The Guardian echoing the convenient category error.
Consensus is seen as critical. “National consensus is a prerequisite for success,” insisted European Council president Herman Van Rompuy after holding talks with Papandreou on Monday.
Breathtaking.