Spain hits new unemployment record; crackdown on the black economy

Friday, April 29th 2011 - 21:40 UTC

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Weak jobs data, sliding retail sales and rising inflation confirm Spain’s economic recovery is faltering. The official figures released Friday showed 21.3% of the workforce without a job, up from 20.3% at the end of last year. Read full article

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briton
She may well be the next in line for a hand out,
soon Gibraltar will be the least of her problems .
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard
192m population
150m working age
100m in work
23m pay taxes

So, if
‘everybody is now middle class’ in Brasil,
the economy is booming,
the GDP is going through the roof . . . .

Why is it so few people pay taxes to support the 160million who pay no tax but just receive benefits?
May 01st, 2011 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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