Well, well...Generous Government Pensions are unsustainable; in every area of the globe...

-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (France/US)

-Italy Passionate about Cuts!

Italian deputies in fist fight over reforms #
Bossi has steadfastly refused to make more than slight concessions to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on the League's objections to changing Italy's generous pension system as part of reforms demanded by European leaders. [Read]

- @Chuck Nellis (Friend on Twitter)
This is the kind of emotion we need in Congress!


Italian MPs brawl in parliament over reforms
- Berlusconi will travel to Brussels on Wednesday with a letter of intent on reforms to boost stagnant growth and cut Italy's debt. [ID:nL5E7LQ0OI] But critics, including senior Italian bankers say firmer and more substantive undertakings are required. [Read]

Watching this from a distance (US); and after having returned from Italy on the 16th... Everywhere, left/right shift to private matters -vs- bottom-line need to REFORM...

On that note, I hope US Liberals will PAUSE to glance across the pond; and see how piling on Government Entitlements has contributed to a worse state...
I still believe that with reform, all is salvageable...

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