Hey Spaniards, is this true?

[Sheilbh]

Amen.

Well besides the massive and devastating depression that dominated the last quarter of it.

And the pauperisation of millions that ushered it in. Or the attendant miseries of the urban poor.

[Admiral Yi]

Well besides the massive and devastating depression that dominated the last quarter of it.

Which leaves three quarters of a century of prosperity during a time of low taxes and small government.

[Valmy]

Well besides the massive and devastating depression that dominated the last quarter of it.

Which leaves three quarters of a century of prosperity during a time of low taxes and small government.

Eh not really much reason to tax back then unless you had large military needs.  But yeah it certainly worked for early industrialization.

The biggest way governments could fuck up things back then were protectionism and monopolies and other shit.

[Admiral Yi]

Did you read Ide's post, the one I responded to?

[Valmy]

Did you read Ide's post, the one I responded to?

Yes I did but you distracted me.

[Admiral Yi]

Sorry.

[jimmy olsen]

Well besides the massive and devastating depression that dominated the last quarter of it.

Which leaves three quarters of a century of prosperity during a time of low taxes and small government.

The whole century was boom and bust, the economy wildly fluctuating between rapid expansion and deep contraction, often with major bank faliures.

[Admiral Yi]

Did you read Ide's post, the one I responded to?

[CountDeMoney]

Which three quarters of the century are you referring to, Admiral Sachs?

[Admiral Yi]

Did anyone read Ide's post?

[Ed Anger]

Nah

[Ideologue]

I didn't.

[Ed Anger]

That Ide dude is lumpen proletariat

[Martinus]

Who brought back Franco? Oh, yeah, the PP. Well, bollocks to them.

I thought it was Sony.

[Martinus]

Pop quiz: is the EU a failure?  I hate to say it, but it looks like it.

Does not look like it. Quite the contrary. A family is not a failure if one of the family members falls ill. We will see how we come out of this crisis - so far it has been rather good, with no defaults, coups or wars anywhere.