Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They alw…

Margaret Thatcher
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Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. ✨ This Week with Llew Gardner, www.margaretthatcher.org. February 5, 1976.
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Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. ✨ This Week with Llew Gardner, www.margaretthatcher.org. February 5, 1976.

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