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Post by Stevenloan » Sat Aug 08, 2020 5:09 pm

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Hi everyone! Does "you eventually run out of other people's money" here mean "Eventually you and other people steal each other's money because you and other people just have a little money left."?

Thanks a lot!

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Post by Erik_Kowal » Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:11 pm

If Margaret Thatcher has been quoted accurately, what she is implying is that socialist governments will keep spending "other people's money" until there is none left.
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Post by Stevenloan » Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:08 am

Erik : Thank you so much for your answer. Have a good weekend.

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