Politics and Economics
French president Nicolas Sarkozy warned the U.S. Congress that "The dollar cannot remain someone else's problem. If we are not careful, monetary disarray could morph into economic war. We would all be victims."
The New York Times said that when the Shah of Iran was exiled in 1979 he became "someone else's problem" from the point of view of President Carter's administration.
In the election of 2006, the Swedish Centre Party used the phrase "nånannanism" (someone-else-ism) as a catchword for their campaign.
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