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To: Willie Green

Spain spent $1 Trillion for their fancy train system. How big is that country?


3 posted on 08/08/2010 6:03:32 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

How big is that country?

The question is how broke is that country?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Spain-downgraded-as-Europe-apf-1816859080.html?x=0

Though Spain’s overall debt burden is fairly modest at around 53 percent of national income — compared to 115 percent for Greece — the country is running a big budget deficit and has done less than others to get a handle on its public finances.


10 posted on 08/08/2010 6:13:36 AM PDT by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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To: driftdiver

“Spain spent $1 Trillion for their fancy train system”

They are also bankrupt!


94 posted on 08/08/2010 8:09:52 PM PDT by dalereed
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