On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Giancarlo Livraghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Economist's latest comment on the situation in Italy is sadly accurate > (maybe slanted on the mild side). > > http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11751325 > > Also... Italy's current prime minister likes to think of himself as a > musician (specifically a singer) but to the best of my knowledge he doesn't > play the violin. Mussolini did. Is that a coincidence or a hint? >
the funny thing i notice about italians (and i meet many of them...) is that nobody admits voting for berlusconi's party, yet he keeps coming back. the other thing is there is a massive disparity between what common people actually earn and things like cost of buying and owning property or even renting a flat... (i mean, you could be earning a salary of 1,000 euros...which seems to be the common range of salary and paying a rent of 800 euros for a very tiny apartment...) i dont know if this is true for other european countries...
