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Political tirade is surprise best-seller in Italy
It's not exactly WoT, but it's probably good that the citizens of Italy are so eager to read this book. I also loved the little homage to Mussolini at the end of the article:
In any case, dissent is in the air, and Prodi's centre-left government responded by vowing to halve the number of lawmakers as it unveiled its 2008 budget late last month -- although of course that would necessitate bipartisan electoral reforms.

The budget calls for a 10 percent reduction in parties' electoral expense accounts and the elimination of 33,000 local councillors.

"These steps are not enough," Rizzo said. "But they show the start of a conscience. It's the first time that a government has tried to deal with an old evil."

In 1923, the dictator Benito Mussolini cut the number of government cars from 16 to three. Today the prime minister's office has a fleet of more than 100.
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-10-12
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=202247