Italy calls in 'Berlusconi kiss' (Berlusconi vote buying $1,000

wakeme2008

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Sat Apr-22-06 07:05 AM
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Italy calls in 'Berlusconi kiss' (Berlusconi vote buying $1,000

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4933062.stm

Italy calls in 'Berlusconi kiss'
Several thousand non-Italian parents who by mistake received a 1,000-euro (�692) state bonus for having a baby have been told they must pay it back.

Letters announcing the bonus for Italian new-borns were addressed to more than 600,000 babies in January, signed "Big Kiss, Silvio Berlusconi".

Some 3,000 immigrant families made successful claims as a result.

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Missy M

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Sat Apr-22-06 08:51 AM
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1. That Berlusconi is something else, he is a whacko.....

I find it interesting that Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, with the Vatican's influence there.

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formercia

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Sat Apr-22-06 10:06 AM
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2. There was a time when you could keep the serfs ignorant

that's why America is such a fat prize. Lots of built-in ignorance that just needs to be fed theofascist claptrap ideology.

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Blue_Tires

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Sat Apr-22-06 06:08 PM
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6. +1

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xchrom

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Sat Apr-22-06 11:51 AM
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5. while it would be a mistake to say that italy isn't profoundly

catholic -- the italians feel a little more personal about the faith -- and go about their own business.

we here in america get very upset about conservative turns in religion -- they more or less simply go about their business.

just my observation.

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rocktivity

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Sat Apr-22-06 10:10 AM
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3. According to my xe.com currency converter

That's more than twelve hundred dollars in REAL money!

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formercia

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Sat Apr-22-06 11:28 AM
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4. It's easy to give away

It's not his money. Italians are notorious for not paying their taxes. Some would find that ironic.

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