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Stay calm, everybody! Cher's not dead, it was Margaret Thatcher
Twitter fans were duped into thinking Cher had died after the hashtag #nowthatcherisdead was misread. It was intended to be about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Twitter fans were duped into thinking Cher had died after the hashtag #nowthatcherisdead was misread. It was intended to be about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
More here
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I think Mrs. Thatcher was a statesman (I know should be statesperson or something like that).
They don't make them like that every day - such character and belief system and not afraid to buck the tide. She did not curry votes and stayed true to her belief system.
President Reagan and PM Thatcher were political soulmates for sure.
They don't make them like that every day - such character and belief system and not afraid to buck the tide. She did not curry votes and stayed true to her belief system.
President Reagan and PM Thatcher were political soulmates for sure.
A man's character is his fate
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RA,
Obviously we don't agree and in fact I wish both were on the scene today - at least you knew their opinions and they didn't soft soap their belief system - I think that is character.
On the other hand - have you seen the despicable displays on the left in Britain?
A bunch of losers and despicable characters in their actions.
Obviously we don't agree and in fact I wish both were on the scene today - at least you knew their opinions and they didn't soft soap their belief system - I think that is character.
On the other hand - have you seen the despicable displays on the left in Britain?
A bunch of losers and despicable characters in their actions.
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Diogenes wrote: On the other hand - have you seen the despicable displays on the left in Britain?
A bunch of losers and despicable characters in their actions.
I know not what you specifically speak of Dio. What ARE they up to?
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Paul Krugman: Margaret Thatcher Shouldn't Get Too Much Credit
It was only a matter of time before Paul Krugman jumped into the Thatcher-legacy ring.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist wrote in a Monday night blog post that even though Britain's economy experienced a major turnaround after Thatcher’s time in power, the rebound wasn't necessarily the result of the Iron Lady’s controversial economic policies.
“For now, consider this a caution: if anyone tells you that Thatcher saved the British economy, you should ask why the results of that salvation took so very long to materialize,” Krugman writes.
Thatcher, who died Monday, pursued an aggressive economic policy during her tenure that was driven by free-market ideals and included cuts to the nation’s welfare state, the sale of government-owned industries and famed battles with unions. She also slashed the nation’s income tax and made moves to curb inflation.
Supporters credit such policies with reinvigorating the British economy, an idea Krugman takes issue with. If Thatcher’s policies were responsible for the British turnaround, Krugman asks, then why did they take so long to produce results?
It's true that the British economy didn't take off until much later. During Thatcher's tenure, unemployment climbed to a record high, GDP never grew by more than a few percentage points and poverty soared, according to the Guardian. And, as Krugman notes, it was actually after Thatcher was no longer prime minister, in the mid-1990s, when the British economy experienced its real rebound.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/0 ... 43866.html
Thatcher was so revered that her own party gave her the boot.
It was only a matter of time before Paul Krugman jumped into the Thatcher-legacy ring.
The Nobel Prize-winning economist wrote in a Monday night blog post that even though Britain's economy experienced a major turnaround after Thatcher’s time in power, the rebound wasn't necessarily the result of the Iron Lady’s controversial economic policies.
“For now, consider this a caution: if anyone tells you that Thatcher saved the British economy, you should ask why the results of that salvation took so very long to materialize,” Krugman writes.
Thatcher, who died Monday, pursued an aggressive economic policy during her tenure that was driven by free-market ideals and included cuts to the nation’s welfare state, the sale of government-owned industries and famed battles with unions. She also slashed the nation’s income tax and made moves to curb inflation.
Supporters credit such policies with reinvigorating the British economy, an idea Krugman takes issue with. If Thatcher’s policies were responsible for the British turnaround, Krugman asks, then why did they take so long to produce results?
It's true that the British economy didn't take off until much later. During Thatcher's tenure, unemployment climbed to a record high, GDP never grew by more than a few percentage points and poverty soared, according to the Guardian. And, as Krugman notes, it was actually after Thatcher was no longer prime minister, in the mid-1990s, when the British economy experienced its real rebound.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/0 ... 43866.html
Thatcher was so revered that her own party gave her the boot.
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