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![robin_j_brooks Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::888118103095115780.png) Robin Brooks [@robin_j_brooks](/creator/twitter/robin_j_brooks) on x 343.9K followers
Created: 2025-06-14 13:42:15 UTC

Look at Italy. A country with lots of wealth that can and should be taxed. But that doesn't happen. Instead, Italy asks for periodic ECB help to keep its government bond yields low and - on the side - enthusiastically blames all its problems on German mercantilism. Such chutzpah.


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