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Jackpine Radical

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3. Nothing like socialism to just wreck a country.

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 12:05 PM

Jul 2012

How the hell can you maintain reasonable class distinctions in the face of crap like this?

Next thing ya know they'll be giving their workers all kinds of benefits out of the profits stolen from the rich.

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Told you so: France is totally fucked from raising taxes on the wealthy. [View all] MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 OP

LOL ! - Outstanding post. RagAss Jul 2012 #1

Nicely done. Vidar Jul 2012 #2

Nothing like socialism to just wreck a country. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #3

You managed to put the Koch brothers complete book of Teabagery 101 into three sentences... Larry Ogg Jul 2012 #65

No... rational_democrat Jul 2012 #4

I'm pretty sure you are not serious but, if your post was serious and not coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #7

It doesn't matter, it's still bad. Anything that happens in a foreign country is bad. TrollBuster9090 Jul 2012 #26

LOL, so true, so very true. closeupready Jul 2012 #48

+1 Go Vols Jul 2012 #85

In fact, everything in France is always soooo bad AleksS Jul 2012 #89

Hey, don't knock Mitt's service to his country as a CULTURE warrior! TrollBuster9090 Jul 2012 #92

Deflation............. Red Crow Jul 2012 #83

LOL ...WTF ...do you really need to see a sarcasm tag? L0oniX Jul 2012 #13

That bug gets me Gin Jul 2012 #24

You are not alone :-) n/t Inuca Jul 2012 #35

Me too. I want to swat it, but don't want it smeared, either. dmr Jul 2012 #64

Um no. Google Bonds 101 ....... or something. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #33

Brilliant send-up of redbaiters' rhetoric. K&R! - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #5

K&R for austerity now! Brickbat Jul 2012 #6

Wouldn't they first have to start creating jobs mlevans Jul 2012 #9

Quiet, you! Brickbat Jul 2012 #12

ROFL Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #34

O, Manny, chervilant Jul 2012 #8

Austerrorizing: pscot Jul 2012 #10

Well played!! Ruby the Liberal Jul 2012 #11

Damn!!! How can we overtake France's leadership as #1 healthcare system if SDjack Jul 2012 #14

I hope we get austerilized in the same way. L0oniX Jul 2012 #15

Austerilized! LOL! You managed to put a cherry right on top of Manny's already stellar act! Zalatix Jul 2012 #16

We won't. Not even that 'socialist' Obama would take such drastic action amid the calls for SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #38

+1000 GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #53

Who can afford a car elevator now? TBF Jul 2012 #17

Please don't throw me in dat Briar Patch br'er Fox.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #18

Bring back Sarkozy. He wouldn't be screwing France like this. Hollande isn't anti-immigrant like pampango Jul 2012 #19

Welcome to the Corporate States of Austerilia Rain Mcloud Jul 2012 #20

Mon dieu! AlbertCat Jul 2012 #21

Totally "right!" DirkGently Jul 2012 #22

You crack me up Third Way Manny! sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #23

Kick and rec! Fuddnik Jul 2012 #25

So, does this mean we now get to have a good old fashioned BIDDING WAR to see which country can TrollBuster9090 Jul 2012 #27

Sacrebleu! Arugula Latte Jul 2012 #28

Geshundheit! nm rhett o rick Jul 2012 #71

Thanks Manny. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #29

The negative yields are for short term bonds only. dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #30

Neither are executives in privately owned companies - TBF Jul 2012 #61

LOL! AllyCat Jul 2012 #86

No more freedom fries for me. It's french fries all the way baby Autumn Jul 2012 #31

What is the advantage of buying negative yield bonds? Rabid_Rabbit Jul 2012 #32

A safe way to park money in an asset versus converting it to gold and burying it in your yard? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #36

Yes dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #43

Does the bond originator actually demand the negative interest payment? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2012 #55

Nope dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #57

Banks ALWAYS want to loan money to people who don't need it. France doesn't NEED the money now. Tigress DEM Jul 2012 #37

Because the person believes that something terrible is coming and that Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #39

This is one head scratcher Dokkie Jul 2012 #62

Anyone with assets deposited in U.S. bank accounts is losing money. AdHocSolver Jul 2012 #82

$0.72 FlaGranny Jul 2012 #88

! me b zola Jul 2012 #40

Third way Manny nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #41

There should be a wave of.. 99Forever Jul 2012 #42

Unfotunately, Congress... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #44

Thank heavens we have the Third Way helping to protect austerity in America. Zorra Jul 2012 #45

OK, Hollande is officially out of the club of very serious people. K&R pa28 Jul 2012 #46

I nearly choked on my pretzel!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #47

Quote: "Austerilize ...must austerilize" - Nomad L0oniX Jul 2012 #49

Les Less Miserables Than Americans nolabear Jul 2012 #50

Very well done! K&R eom BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #51

Okay. Time to learn French and move. AllyCat Jul 2012 #52

Some resources to start FrodosPet Jul 2012 #73

... xchrom Jul 2012 #54

Thanks I needed a good laugh Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #56

Well Done! skamaria Jul 2012 #58

Way to go, Third-Way Manny! Melissa G Jul 2012 #59

Damn it! Am I going to have to start calling them "freedon fries" again?? retread Jul 2012 #60

Thanks for the update.... K&R midnight Jul 2012 #63

Haha... awesome! fascisthunter Jul 2012 #66

Aw, socialists are no fun. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #67

Well played n/t Strelnikov_ Jul 2012 #68

I guess We can call France out for "Freedom Socialism" PufPuf23 Jul 2012 #69

The real Manny was abducted by aliens. hay rick Jul 2012 #70

I was abducted by aliens once and they refused to do obsene things to me. rhett o rick Jul 2012 #72

I look forward to Third-Way Manny's post when the tax cuts expire. joshcryer Jul 2012 #74

Me, too! Third Way Manny's posts were awesome the last time the tax cuts expired! Zorra Jul 2012 #77

Oh they'll expire this time. joshcryer Jul 2012 #78

Yep. And military-industrial complex subsidies will be cut Ghost Dog Jul 2012 #90

With, or without, Grand Bargain austeriliciousness? MannyGoldstein Jul 2012 #80

Oh, so you supported the tax cut extension? joshcryer Jul 2012 #84

Yay! teh chickens are roosting!!1! Agony Jul 2012 #75

Germany went negative too. Hope this doesn't mean (more) serious deflation is newthinking Jul 2012 #76

:evilgrin: WillyT Jul 2012 #79

J'adore Manny suffragette Jul 2012 #81

K&R (n/t) a2liberal Jul 2012 #87

Fucking awesome! Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2012 #91