Hungarian dances
2009-08-26
Johannes Brahms was German but made his best money on his
Hungarian Dances. Some Czech analysts and politicians are also
racking up some of their best points by dancing the csardas. The
tune goes something like this: "Politicians on the left and right
might be making expensive promises in the run-up to elections,
but they'll have to come down to earth soon after the votes are
cast, because they won't want to catch the Hungarian flu."
There's certainly nothing wrong with warning about the
possibility of state bankruptcy due to an overly generous and
wasteful national government, but it seems naive to think Czech
politicians will take any decisive action. Even when a gun is
pointed at their head, there's little in their past to suggest that
they'll take the proper steps to dodge the bullets. The best we
can probably hope for from them or is a two-step that soon
brings us back to square one.
[Czech Republic Hungary]
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