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So you think the economic policy under Berlusconi was a success and helpful for italy? i can also lower taxes at the price of huge deficits. Vote for me i give everyone a job and one million cash but the problems will be solved in some years far away in the future. I could leave the euro and devalued the new currency that would help itlaian export companies for some months or years but after a while i would have to do the same thing again and again while the huge huge rates for my unbelievable debt and my crap currency will pay my children if i find someone who give some money under this conditions.

He solved the “problems” of your unbelievable election system and helps italy to become more stable and could start to solve the real problems?

Your complete political system is a joke and the italian people pay the price for this but perhaps they also cause this problems i don´t know. What has Berlusconi really done to solve these problems.

He had 15 years time (as all the others before) to solve all your problems or even start to do so but in the end nothing happened.

For italy it is not a question of parties of political directions. Even germany with the huge burden of the reunification had better growth numbers and not to talk about your financial situation. If Berlusconi is the best thing someone can get in italy i do not have much hope for your country.

So you think the economic policy under Berlusconi was a success and helpful for italy?

At least he did not kill me with taxes

i can also lower taxes at the price of huge deficits.

so huge that the EU sanctioned Germany but NOT Italy for not meeting deficit criteria, and now the decifit is pretty much under control

He solved the “problems” of your unbelievable election system and helps italy to become more stable and could start to solve the real problems?

YEP: now we have a strong government, no communists in parliament, and 4 political groups in either houses of parliament (from more that 20 before!)

If Berlusconi is the best thing someone can get in italy i do not have much hope for your country.

I do not have much hope either, but that has nothing to do with Berlusconi. Simply put, the Euro currency is "tailor-made" for Germany, and the other EuroZone countries must keep up with german productivity level or perish. Unfortunately, our industrial base specializes in stuff not as much valued as german one: food, clothes, etc. The only thing Berlusconi can do is to liberalize the job market (which he has done) and the economy (which he hasnt done) but it is up to the Italian entrepeneurs to change their specialization in order to keep up with germany.

Anyway, it is funny that you blame Berlusconi for his alleged will to devalue the Euro while your government it is doing just that with the dollar.