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2006-01-16 Caribbean-Latin America

Socialist Bachelet Wins Chilean Presidency

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Posted by Steve White 2006-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "By the end of my government in 2010 we will have consolidated a system of social protection that will give Chileans and their families the tranquility that they will have a decent job," Bachelet said Sunday.

Birthrates to start falling in 5, 4, 3, 2, .......

Posted by no mo uro 2006-01-16 07:49|| 2006-01-16 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Except the birthrates of the Muslim immigrants who'll suddenly turn up when the welfare starts flowing.

Posted by Clineng Shineth6005 2006-01-16 09:26|| 2006-01-16 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 [Both candidates] also promised to reform Chile's 25-year-old private social security systems to ensure better pensions for retirees, though neither has given details of how.

I keep hearing that their current system is great, couldn't be better, the very model for private accounts....as here with Boortz

Posted by Faith">Faith 2006-01-16 20:20|| 2006-01-16 20:20|| Front Page Top

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