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Italy's Berlusconi eyes tax cuts
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| 28 March 2004
| Reuters News Service
Posted on 03/28/2004 11:38:49 AM PST by MegaSilver
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:04:07 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday revived vows to cut taxes to boost the economy this election year -- even at the cost of a bigger budget deficit.
"The economy needs a shock,'' he said at an economic conference in the northern Italian town of Cernobbio, adding that a tax-cut program needed to be carried out "immediately.''
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berlusconi; conservatism; europeanunion; italy; nato; silvioberlusconi; taxes
Cut the socialism, Silvio, cut the socialism, THEN you can cut taxes without worrying about even POTENTIAL defecits.
To: MegaSilver
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday revived vows to cut taxes to boost the economy Way to go, PM Berlusconi...Godspeed.
To: MegaSilver
Well, its a start. Sure, wish that included cuts to social programs, but from reading the article, it looks like he is having the same problem we are having in California. Try to even cut social programs, unions and other lefties say the world is going to end, nothing gets done.
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03/28/2004 7:17:56 PM PST
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Simmy2.5
(Kerry. When you need to ketchup...)
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