“Socialism fails when it run out of money of others.”

Source: NoticiasEsperanzaAguirre.es http://www.noticiasesperanzaaguirre.es/aguirre-el-socialismo-fracasa-cuando-se-le-acaba-el-dinero-de-diario-siglo-xxi/. April 2011.

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