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If the Greeks Can Shut Their Country Down, Why Can’t We?

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2011, 4:29 pm

In an effort to stop Greece’s parliament from voting for further austerity measures today and tomorrow, the Greek people have effectively shut the entire country down, as part of the 48-hour general strike. As Time reports:

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The strikes have shuttered government offices, public services, shops and even bakeries. Taxi drivers walked off the job, as did air-traffic controllers (though they shortened their work stoppage from 48 hours to 12).

Unfortunately,…

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