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Highlight of my day - Most public debts illegitimate

It was rightly so the highlight of my day.
9:16 - I opened my guardian app on my way to work. Scroll down to get to the comments section and here it is:

 'The French are right: tear up public debt - most of it is illegitimate anyway' by .

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Thinking that 60% of public debt is most likely to be illegitimate and it is not even possible to name the debt holders makes me wonder why we are in such a state of austerity. Is it only there to favour our social elites? I am voting for a debt jubilee, right there!

Let's hope we can follow the steps suggested in the article:

1) Debt audits in all countries

2) The disclosure of the identity of debt holders

3) The socialisation of the banking system

 To understand those various steps and get more info on the research, check the article out!

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