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Default OT Long term benefits from Olympics.

On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:22:27 +0100, "Robin" wrote:

So on your economic theory we could usefully borrow several more
mother-of-all sheds-full of money and spend it on a mix of over-priced
vanity buildings, flat-pack events with no legacy assets, and temporary
jobs?


ah shrug

Yes, you've finally got it.
That's how it works, it's all a giant smoke and mirrors trick and
you've just got to keep the curtain whirling past the smokepot fast
enough.