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There is apparently nowhere a workable majority in the representative assemblies for making the specific cuts in expenditure which could bring down the taxes, and in election after election the people vote into power representatives who are as unable as they are unwilling to do anything about it.

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Gunnar Myrdal
Age: 88 †
Born: 1898
Born: December 6
Died: 1987
Died: May 17
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