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How long before the EU collapses now that France is intent on following Greece down the socialist turdhole?

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  1. AutumnSwan - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by AutumnSwan May 6th, 2012 at 11:34AM

    If Nicky goes, so goes France.

    Germany is doing well; though it's due in large part to the Mittelstan. They have invested in vocational schools, most of their manufacturing is to produce products for niche markets (majority of all machinery used in China, is German made), their luxuary car market in Asia has exploded in the last ten years, entitlement programs are lean (Germans still have their pride and looking for ways to get on the public dole isn't very acceptable there, though it's changing with the younger generation), the Germanic business model is to hold the least amount of debt as a trade off for slower more reliable growth, their R&D departments receive the bulk of the companies financing compared the sales and marketing departments in the US; that speaks volumes. Where smaller companies in the US are ham-strung by highest taxes in the industrialized world, endless bureaucratic red tape, put in place so there can be even more government employees, German government understand having things streamlined and efficient (how very German!) is the most productive way to run a government and encourage growth.

    Once a people enjoy being given something, instead of producing something, it's impossible to turn the mentality around.

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  2. peza - male

    Reply by peza May 6th, 2012 at 12:04PM

    Sieg Heil !

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  3. AutumnSwan - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by AutumnSwan May 6th, 2012 at 12:50PM

    Easy kitty.

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  4. peza - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by peza May 6th, 2012 at 11:19AM

    The sooner the better.

    It was a right wing govt that got Greece into the mess that it is in.

    Your capitalist hell is a shining example of how Europeans do not want to live.

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  5. jatpack3 - male

    Reply by jatpack3 May 6th, 2012 at 11:24AM

    seems Greece's socialistic mindset is leading it to ruin.

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  6. TheSquirrel - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by TheSquirrel May 6th, 2012 at 2:58PM

    I think jatpack3 has the key, there. They were just trying to keep the ship afloat a while longer.

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  7. jatpack3 - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by jatpack3 May 6th, 2012 at 11:27AM

    Russia will be poised to pick up the pieces.
    I give them another years.

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  8. TheSquirrel - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by TheSquirrel May 6th, 2012 at 3:09PM

    Makes you wonder.

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  9. MtnMig - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by MtnMig May 6th, 2012 at 2:12PM

    Funny thing about those socialist French is that economic mobility (the ability to rise above the socioeconomic station of your birth) is greater in France than in the US. Those other horrible European Social Democracies like Denmark, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands, rank higher than the US in overall Prosperity Indices.

    While Americans crow endlessly about their superiority, many European countries are beginning to surpass the US in education, health, upward mobility, child mortality, and overall quality of life. This of course can only mean one thing, European collapse must be eminent.

    Education, it does the brain good.

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  10. TheSquirrel - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by TheSquirrel May 6th, 2012 at 3:09PM

    I agree with much of what you say here. I'm just bashing France, Greece, and the EU right now. Don't worry. I feel the stupidity here in my own country everyday, and I don't hesitate to call it out.

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  11. CrazyWaterSpring - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by CrazyWaterSpring May 6th, 2012 at 12:06PM

    Germany is doing fine and France is holding on better than the US. Austerity is NOT the way to revive a poor economy. The Italians finally got rid of Berlusconi. Their new PM sees government spending as the way to boost the Italian economy.

    The Greeks are rioting because the government wants to cut the minimum wage, lay off a third of government workers after cutting all of their salaries and cut pensions. Wouldn't you riot too if you were having your pay cut or having your Social Security payments cut to satisfy foreign speculators?

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  12. TheSquirrel - 46-50 years old - male

    Reply by TheSquirrel May 6th, 2012 at 3:05PM

    You would be correct if their governments had been austere during the good times. And holding out Italy as an example of how government should treat economies is like holding out Italy as an example of how government should treat economies. And no, I would not riot if I made my living from the taxes of private sector people. I know who shoulders the load.

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  13. snoopy5345 - 22-25 years old

    Posted by snoopy5345 May 6th, 2012 at 11:15AM

    idk but if you want it to collapse faster you can help. just try not to spend so much money. money is their blood.

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  14. sharpTresHombre - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by sharpTresHombre May 6th, 2012 at 7:11PM

    socialism & the collapse of the EU ?

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  15. fishsweeper - 51-55 years old - female

    Posted by fishsweeper May 6th, 2012 at 11:15AM

    Who ISN"T going down the turdhole except for Switzerland... They have all of our 'stash money'!

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  16. AutumnSwan - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by AutumnSwan May 6th, 2012 at 11:35AM

    The Germans are doing ok.

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  17. fishsweeper - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by fishsweeper May 6th, 2012 at 11:47AM

    Well they must be doing something right!

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