
Japanese left pondering the enduring hostility of some Americans to their nation could be forgiven for wondering why it is they have leant them almost a trillion dollars to help fund their record 14 trillion dollar public debt – and what the even more unpopular Chinese think about their massive loan to the states is anyone’s guess.
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The Democratic Party of Japan has not unexpectedly crushed the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in an unprecedented landslide, ending their almost uninterrupted 50 year reign with a spectacular victory which sees them on track to seize 300 seats in the 480 seat Diet.
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The Democratic Party of Japan, Japan’s leftist opposition party, seems intent on continuing its long history as an opposition party, having announced that it will “solve” Japan’s impending economic collapse under the weight of an unrealistically generous pension system by raising income taxes for all Japanese by a staggering 15%.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: May 24, 2009 02:38 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Crime, Germany, Italy, Money, Prostitution, Romania, Taxes, Virginity

A girl who sold her virginity in an online auction to a wealthy Italian for $12,500 has been called a prostitute by the German government and ordered to pay up over half of her earnings, which she claimed to have raised in order to fund her university studies the easy way.
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Sweden’s tax collectors have added a new task to their list of official duties: looking at online strippers, strictly in order to assess their taxable assets, of course.
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Italy is to apply a punitive 25% tax on pornography, ostensibly to support its economic plan to head off recession. What is and is not to be subjected to the tax is to be determined solely by the state.
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