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Re:The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s U.S. Treasury Hold... by rqebmm on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @03:52PM (#11809620)
> hence austerity in the form of government bailouts.

I don't follow your point here. "Austerity" and "government bailout" are antithetical.

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Re:The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s U.S. Treasury Hold... by Sone7 on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @06:08PM (#11810682)
Am fairly sure he meant the government bailouts of banks. There's been quite a few recently.
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Re:The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s U.S. Treasury Hold... by rqebmm on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @12:21PM (#11815691)
But that's by definition the opposite of austerity.
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