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Economic crisis spreads unrest globally

Published: 18 May, 2010, 04:47
Edited: 18 May, 2010, 23:44


''Red Shirt'' anti-government protesters in Bangkok on May 17, 2010 (AFP Photo / Nicolas Asfouri)

In Thailand, unrest continues with no end in sight. The effects are spreading as unrest continues in Greece and is now beginning in Spain. Are these economic protests the beginning of social revolutions?

 
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Enrique May 18, 2010, 08:31 quote
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In Spain the worse consequence of the crisis will be....a 5% cut in the salaries of bureaucrats which goes as follow: If the bureaucrat earns $1,200 a month will lose about 3%, so about $40. (the poorest in the Spanish scale of bureaucrats) If the bureaucrat earns $3,600 a month will lose about 8%, so about $300. (the richest in the Spnaish scale of bureaucrats) It is bad, but most people in the rest of the World, including the Russian Federation, earn less than the poorest group of Spanish bureaucrats.

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