54% of Austrians think Nazis would win election

jacque_strap — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:52:56 -0400

As Austria prepares to mark the anniversary of its annexation by Nazi Germany, an opinion poll has shown that more than half of the population think it highly likely that the Nazis would be elected if they were readmitted as a party.

A further 42 per cent agreed with the view that life "wasn't all bad under the Nazis", and 39 per cent said they thought a recurrence of anti-Semitic persecution was likely in Austria.

Neighbouring Germany's popular "Stern" magazine described the poll's findings as shocking today. The poll also showed that 61 per cent of Austrian adults wanted to see a "strong man" in charge of government, and 54 per cent said they thought it would be "highly likely" that the Nazis would win seats in they were allowed to take part in an election.

35% Student Loan Default rate

Jacque_Strap — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:28:07 -0400

Almost as shocking as learning that Business Week is still in business, they posted an article today with Student Loan Default rates as high as 35% for under 30's.

At the end of last year, almost 17 percent of borrowers were more than 90 days late on payments. Take away those who have deferred payments or are still in school, as illustrated above, and nearly a third of all borrowers were delinquent. And those most at fault are my peers -- the percentage of people under age 30 who are defaulting on loans has increased more than that of any other age group in the past eight years.

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54% of Austrians think Nazis would win election

35% Student Loan Default rate