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January 5th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Bus drivers and subway workers walked off the job to show outrage over the government’s austerity cuts. The walkout, which was organized by several workers unions, began on Friday.
This comes after the government removed extra pay, which transport employees normally receive at the end of the year. The measure has been adopted despite a 30 percent increase in ticket prices.
Battered by the global financial downturn, the Spanish economy collapsed into recession in the second half of 2008, taking with it millions of jobs. Unemployment currently stands at above 25 percent.
On December 20, 2012, Spanish lawmakers voted for further cuts in the 2013 budget, which slashes spending for healthcare and education, and reduces pensions among other tough measures.
The Spanish government has been sharply criticized over austerity policies that are hitting the middle and working classes the hardest.
The fourth largest eurozone economy must lower the deficit to 4.5 percent in 2013 and 2.8 percent in 2014. Economists, however, say those targets will be difficult to meet amid poor prospects for the country’s economic recovery.
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