Progressive bloggers on Monday pointed to the election of a Socialist, Francois Hollande, to the presidency of France to suggest that austerity measures in Europe weren’t working – or pleasing the electorate there – and that similar policies wouldn’t be effective in the United States.
“Austerity pushers across Europe and the U.S. recoil in horror at the news, knowing that Hollande will soon add more proof that they’ve been full of crap all along,” wrote Bill at the Daily Kos.
Progressive bloggers on Monday pointed to the election of a Socialist, Francois Hollande, to the presidency of France to suggest that austerity measures in Europe weren’t working – or pleasing the electorate there – and that similar policies wouldn’t be effective in the United States.
“Austerity pushers across Europe and the U.S. recoil in horror at the news, knowing that Hollande will soon add more proof that they’ve been full of crap all along,” wrote Bill at the Daily Kos.
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