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To: TimF who wrote (43366)	5/24/2010 12:51:14 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Re: [Don't recall ever claiming that the reduction in revenue received by Ireland's government since they began their austerity measures (measures similar to Portugal's: spending slashes, tax raises, cuts to future entitlements, etc.) was "larger" then the sum total of the austerity measures.] "Let me help your recall.": "Notice that Ireland has the largest deficit, at 14.7%. This is in spite of (or more aptly because of) the enactment of severe austerity measures" Sorry that you have gotten confused by the words, Tim, but that sentence I wrote DOES NOT SAY anything like what you seem to THINK it says. Try reading it again. It (clearly) does not say that the reduction in revenue to Ireland was "larger then all of their austerity measures". No such assertion was ever made. It might be 'larger' or it might not be --- but I truly don't know either way (because those numbers were not posted in the article) and so, I NEVER made any such statement.