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A big F in Math for Zapatero

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A Big F in Math for Zapatero dariointernet.com Summary : May 12 Anti crisis measures announced by Spain's government May 12th 2009 was the debate of the state of the nation in Spain. At this point everyone knows exactly in what state the nation is: total dispare!!! with 4 million unemployed, twice the unemployment rate of any industrial nation, a ridiculous housing market with prices no one can afford, etc.. . This is the real snapshot of Spain . During the debate ZP as he is called over here, announced his measures to pull Spain out of the crisis. I read, and RE-READ the main measure several times to total and absolute disbelief . The main measure is designed to encourage people to buy homes. YOu tell me: What would encourage you to buy a home? . Here I am, having worked since my sophomore year in college and now I am approaching midlife and I still don't own a home. What would encourage me to buy a home is having money in my pocket. A nice measure, would be ...

Real Estate in Spain : Stretching the word beautiful

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Real Estate in Spain : Stretching the word beautiful Look at this Real Estate ad for a tiny apartment in Madrid . The ad starts this way: Preciosa buhardilla ... "preciosa" being the spanish word for beautiful .   Now, once you click on the picture it enlarges and this is what it looks enlarged: If you notice anything beautiful about it, let me know, cause I don't see anything beautiful in there. Where is the window??? !!! And the price also stretches the word ridiculous. Obviously the crisis has not gone far enough in Spain. Once they are forced to drop their prices a further 20% then maybe they will recover their sense of modesty a little bit. END Other Articles: