So, how are the Freepers handling the Socialist victory in France...

[jtyangel]

Why the hell would I care? Besides...they elect a socialist and then what? As if Greece isn't bad off already. The rest of the world isn't going to be able to bail them out much longer...especially since their enabler nations are going to be handing out more to their own people (or at least trying to). Europe, with Greece in the lead, is almost out of everybody else's money. Shit WILL hit the fan...it's already started to, the Greeks have become so used to having daddy government take care of them, when government no longer has the resources to do so, the whole country throws a collective temper tantrum until other countries come and bail them out. Except, unlike a toddler kicking and screaming in the aisle of a toy store, adults set things on fire and kill people. Some European countries are getting a clue and moving away from cradle to grave government parenthood. Those that aren't are too far gone, their people have become so dependent they don't have any idea how to do for themselves. Reality is going to be a harsh teacher.

Cindie

Yes, but they'll start by trying to raid their neighboring countries that are not that far gone yet. This type of thing is the tempest in the pot that will likely start another world war. And for what? The lazy will end up 6 feet under in a mass grave with a lot of decent innocent people. The saddest thing about human history is the further you get away from that last 'hard reality' lesson the more humanity needs another to remind them. 

[GOBUCKS]

Taxing rich people at 75%?  The simple thing all these socialists forget is that it takes only about an hour to pack.  Rich people can leave at a moment's notice.  Where did all the other-people's-money go?   

The number of frogs paying 75% will be roughly equal to the number of Americans who paid the 91% rate back in the 50s, i.e., near zero.

Very few wealthy people got that way by being stupid.

If they're stupid, someone will take their money long before the government gets around to it.

Not too many people will actually emigrate, but the DUmpmonkeys will learn there's a huge difference between "assets", "income", "taxable income", and "wealth".

[miskie]

...Turning point... Suuuuuuure..

More like the turning point that results in the end of the EU. Germany can't afford to bail out anyone else's stupid economic policy.  They will walk and let their neighbors collapse, And become a regional superpower because of it.

[LC EFA]

I'm no FReeper - But I find the pending impoision of the EU to be hysterical. Or I would if the flow on effects from their greed , ineptitude , arrogance and ignorance were contained to the EUrinal.

BTW - F*** the frogs. Those stinking , smug , limp wristed vermin deserve everything that is coming their way.

[Airwolf]

They get what they deserve.  They elect some DU wannabe then they pay the price with heavy taxes and going broke at the same time supporting lazy ****s that feed off the system.

[AllosaursRus]

Why the hell would I care? Besides...they elect a socialist and then what? As if Greece isn't bad off already. The rest of the world isn't going to be able to bail them out much longer...especially since their enabler nations are going to be handing out more to their own people (or at least trying to). Europe, with Greece in the lead, is almost out of everybody else's money. Shit WILL hit the fan...it's already started to, the Greeks have become so used to having daddy government take care of them, when government no longer has the resources to do so, the whole country throws a collective temper tantrum until other countries come and bail them out. Except, unlike a toddler kicking and screaming in the aisle of a toy store, adults set things on fire and kill people. Some European countries are getting a clue and moving away from cradle to grave government parenthood. Those that aren't are too far gone, their people have become so dependent they don't have any idea how to do for themselves. Reality is going to be a harsh teacher.

Cindie

Not to mention places like France are actually payin' for the terrorism that happens in their countries. Hell, ya can put a Al Queda cell in country and have the damn gubmint take care of them until they're ready to kill the very people supplying your welfare!

There are neighborhoods the French Police won't even set foot in because of the violence and Sharia Law bein' enforced on the population.

Sure is my idea of a socialist paradise! For cripes sake these people are DUmber than a sack 'o hammers!

[BEG]

Robin Hood did NOT rob from the rich, he took back the tax the corrupt government took and gave it back to the people.

[BEG]

This Freeper? LMFAO and loving it!

This means that Germany will leave the eu and the euro. When Germany leaves that is the end of the eu and euro. I could not be happier!!

Komrades europe is is heading towards a glorious future, GLORIOUS!!!!

Yep

[GOBUCKS]

When Germany leaves that is the end of the eu and euro.

Well, the EU is good for one thing.

Last time I was over there, I was in Cologne.

I drove from there to Brussels and then down to Paris, and crossing the international borders was so easy I felt like the Wehrmacht.

Going into Canada, they make you feel like a criminal sometimes, because some Canucks are so jealous of Americans, but in Europe you don't even slow the car.

[franksolich]

Well, the EU is good for one thing.

Last time I was over there, I was in Cologne.

I drove from there to Brussels and then down to Paris, and crossing the international borders was so easy I felt like the Wehrmacht.

Going into Canada, they make you feel like a criminal sometimes, because some Canucks are so jealous of Americans, but in Europe you don't even slow the car.

Oh, but it was always rather more fun to get those stamps inside one's passport.

Once when I crossed over (during the middle of the night) from France into Italy, the Italians looked me over and waved me through, without stamping my passport.  I got bent out of shape because I wanted an Italian visa, and stood my ground, demanding they stamp my passport.

The three guys fumbled around for a while, looking for something, but finally had to tell me they couldn't stamp it, because they didn't have a stamp.

But I at least got one of them to hand-write me a visa, because damn it, I wanted a souvenir of Italy.

[Chris_]

Oh, but it was always rather more fun to get those stamps inside one's passport.

Once when I crossed over (during the middle of the night) from France into Italy, the Italians looked me over and waved me through, without stamping my passport.  I got bent out of shape because I wanted an Italian visa, and stood my ground, demanding they stamp my passport.

The three guys fumbled around for a while, looking for something, but finally had to tell me they couldn't stamp it, because they didn't have a stamp.

But I at least got one of them to hand-write me a visa, because damn it, I wanted a souvenir of Italy.

There's that great Italian work ethic.  That's why they make such reliable cars.

[JohnnyReb]

So, how are the Freepers handling the Socialist victory in France...

I don't know yet. Is this the day the world is supposed to change.....again?

Today, I think I'll sit in the shade and watch for cracks in the dirt in my garden. The seeds shouldn't come up until Thursday or Friday at the earliest but I got nothing else to do....I'm easily entertained...

[Duke Nukum]

I remember back in the early 1990s before I had access to the Internets and had to read things in physical, three dimensional periodicals, I remember all this hand wringing about how the EU and was going to eat the US's lunch and how the Euro would be this big threat to the dollar. I wasn't so sure.

Now, some twenty years on, even with an America-hating Marxist at the helm, doing his absolute best, the US still bests Europe and this whole EU fad may be going the way of the USFL. And they did it to themselves!