Austerity = Political Death For Incumbents
Via The Huffington Post: “…”Incumbency plus austerity equals political death,” MP Jon Trickett, a top official with Ed Miliband’s Labour Party, told HuffPost. “There is a general spirit across Europe, and perhaps in the U.S., against the political elite”…One of the most powerful messages that U.S. politicians have delivered to voters over the past few years is the warning that the nation will “become Greece” if it doesn’t lower its debt and deficit. But now voters in Greece and across Europe are sending back a warning of their own…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur explains how
*Read more from Ryan Grim, Ned Simons, and
Alexandre Phalippou: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/us-politicians-europe-austerity-fatigue-elections_n_1520961.html
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