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Old 04-23-2010, 11:01 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Jane Devo View Post
I wasn't excluding Australia and New Zealand on purpose, I just don't find them very relevant to the thread topic (and not because I specifically named the US and EU in the thread title). There have been some pretty clear shifts in power in the US and EU over the past few decades, and the causes, effects, pros and cons of those shifts are what I'm really interested in discussing here.
There have been some massive power shifts in Australia and NZ as well. Australia's current Prime Minister was the first Labour member to come into power after years and years of Liberal-dominated government (Liberal means something completely different here to what it means in the US). We too have had massive health and education reforms.

But fair enough if you just want to focus on the US and Europe. I just thought you were interested in the different government power structures and how it affects societal problems so I thought I'd contribute.
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