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In Response to Protests, Brazil's Congress Votes to Invest 100% of Oil Revenue into Education AND (Original Post)
avaistheone1
Jul 2013
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(25,592 posts)1. Really? When are we gonna invade because they are using their oil revenues all wrong?
A country helping it own people to live better lives? What's up with that, huh? We don't do that and we are the greatest country on Earth, so why do other countries get to? The nerve of some countries.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)2. Way to go, Brazil!
Proving once again, the adage that "power concedes nothing without a demand."
Way to be demanding, Brazil!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)3. Well, holy shit, way to go Brazil!
Now how do we get that to happen here?
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)4. Wow
This is the first I heard of this. I assume the PTB don't like this kind of news getting around. Congrats to those uppity Brazilians in the streets.