Lula urges ruling party to support austerity measures and minister Levy

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Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva urged the ruling Workers' Party to back fiscal austerity measures in Congress, endorsing the efforts of Finance Minister Joaquim Levy to plug a gaping deficit. Members of Lula's party have opposed moves by Lula's protégée, President Dilma Rousseff, to cut public spending and social benefits as she strives to balance overdrawn accounts and restore investor confidence in Brazil. Read full article

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Klingon
Take a haircut to make up for all my bribes and mismanagement of the economy.
No, I do not want to return the money I stole.
Nov 02nd, 2015 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
“Lula da Silva urged the ruling Workers' Party to back fiscal austerity measures in Congress, endorsing the efforts of Finance Minister Joaquim Levy to plug a gaping deficit.”

And he went on to say: “after all, I have my money from the bribes and corruption so bollocks to all of you”.

He received a resounding ovation from all the other crooks in the audience.

Brazil is fucked. :o)
Nov 02nd, 2015 - 06:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Lula is simply trying to distance himself politically from the crisis that he and his cronies, including fat ass D , have caused, but refuse to admit being responsible for.
The country needs to regain domestic and foreign confidence in order to overcome the crisis, but that is unlikely to happen as long as the PT sits in government.
Nov 03rd, 2015 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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