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   XPost: sci.econ, alt.politics.economics, soc.culture.china   
   XPost: soc.culture.brazil   
   From: Sh@dow.br   
      
   On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:12:19 -0700 (PDT), BRICK MASON   
    wrote:   
      
   >He’s also skeptical of Brazil. Without the   
   >commodity boom, Brazilian growth may be mired at 2 percent to 3   
   >percent. He thinks government spending (about 40 percent of the   
   >economy) is too high, and investment in roads and other infrastructure   
   >is too low.   
   >   
   >“No wonder it takes two to three days for trucks to get into the port   
   >of Sao Paulo,” he writes.   
      
   	It's not because of the roads. It's because the drivers have   
   to drive in circles to avoid the tariffs, the highest in the world.   
   	Federal Government spending is actually low, if compared to   
   the US.   
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