Secundus Imperium Romanum wrote:In fact about 90% of all politicians in the national congress, including the vice president who created an impeachment against the socialist Dilma Roussef is being investigated, are literally bandits cheating bandits and dumb people rather than unite, they are arguing who stole less, BRAZIL LITERALLY SPOILED, I CAN NOT AGREE MORE
Three groups in last elections, and only two has been prosecuted. The investigators conducted inquiries about political parties and corporations, and less than half of Brazilian Congress were held criminally responsible. Moreover, the local Chamber did reject the corruption amnesty law. The Brazilian situation is terrible, but why 90%?
Great Minarchistan wrote:Major-Tom wrote:
I'm not a Brazilian, but isn't he fairly popular despite all that?
Yeah, because he created a keynesian bubble so from 2006 to 2010 (his 2nd term) everything was walking alrighty. Then came Dilma, which enjoyed 2011 hype but started to suffer in 2012. Now that we've got someone who's trying to fix the country Lula comes back. *sigh*
Lula da Silva didn’t implement new keynesian economics. During the dictatorship, the policy was similar. Brazilian dictatorship also made a big social programme creating, for example, the rural retirement pension, free of charge to retired, the worst public debt until these days in Brazil. Large subsidies already existed at that time. In addition, the military dictatorship paid household employees into the home of public servents, and the retirement pension of officials passed to sons.
Perhaps this is why Mr. Lula da Silva has praised the local dictatorship.