Posted on 05/06/2012 5:29:38 PM PDT by Kaslin
The mainstream media will attempt to spin French President Nicholas Sarkozy's loss today to Socialist challenger François Hollande as a rejection of "austerity" policies--and to urge American voters to reject the deficit-cutting politics of the Tea Party when we go to the polls in November. In fact, there are important lessons from France--and they are the precise opposite of what the media is telling us.
First, to call Sarkozy's policies "austerity" is to insult both austerity and socialism. The French government--like other European governments--sought to close its budget gap primarily by raising taxes, not by cutting the size and cost of government. Neither Sarkozy nor Hollande had the courage to confront the basic, failed structure of France's welfare-state economy, which is the fundamental cause of its budget problems.
Insofar as French politicians have relied on tax increases as the key to deficit reduction, that is far closer to the policy of U.S. President Barack Obama and his Democrats than to the approach of the Tea Party and the Republicans. Even so, American media commentators like Joan Walsh and Paul Krugman are blaming Congress and "austerity" for slow economic growth--though federal spending keeps growing.
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It means the money Europe and the U.S. threw in to bail out these socialist countries might have well been flushed down the toliet.
Any country that throws money at these socialist countries are fools. These countries will collapse soon.
and that is why we can not allow to become another socialist country
the frech are actually late to the party. we have already had our episode of national delusion in which we elected a socialist. we will be de-electing him in six months.
the frech are actually late to the party. we have already had our episode of national delusion in which we elected a socialist. we will be de-electing him in six months.
Yes, and the economic freeze in France will come fast as the producers turn into hoarders.
It shows that those who suck on the public nipple can vote themselves more milk...at least until the producers run dry. This is what will happen in the USA if and when real austerity is tried. The generations of welfare recipients will vote for more welfare. This will only go on for a while, then things will collapse.
Have you met the socialist Fool in Chief, Hussein 0bama? If he is allowed to remain in power he will ensure that America is pulled down with the others in a world wide depression! The MSM won’t be able to keep pretending it doesn’t exist, and it will be forced to acknowledge that the real unemployment rate is over 20 percent.
Romney is our Sarkowski socialist-lite...we are in the doo-doo that’s deep....
Imagine my surprise.
Ping.
What it means is that we are surrounded by Evil on all sides.
We are outnumbered.
It is time for us to lead. It is time for us to lead with the strength of Jesus Christ. It is time for us to lead or die.
That is what it means.
It means we won’t get to see as much of his lovely wife as before.
I don’t know if there is any lesson, other than the fact that it’s going to be a tough year for incumbents.
Forget explaining this to the mainstream media, try explaining it to Sarko's fan club on FR who is bemoaning his loss and saying he's "conservative by French standards". What the French call "conservative" is to the left of Hillary Clinton here.
” It is time for us to lead. It is time for us to lead with the strength of Jesus Christ. It is time for us to lead or die.
That is what it means.”
CORRECT!
ping for tomorrow
The first wookie put a hex on her.
Where’s that picture of TFW looking at Mrs. Sarkozy with her evil eyes?
France will go from very, very, very Socialist to very, very, very, very Socialist.
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