tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post6241320578421992790..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: French socialists trying to have it both waysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-71092365898787406522012-07-04T02:17:15.377+10:002012-07-04T02:17:15.377+10:00Mr. Richardson:
The elites haven't figured ou...Mr. Richardson:<br /><br />The elites haven't figured out that when they break their side of the social contract, the other side eventually will decide not to honor it either. <br /><br />That doesn't only extend to the avoidance of taxes; next up will be the avoidance of military obligations. <br /><br />People won't pay taxes to support a non-country; neither will they send their sons to die for one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-24834905947391964782012-07-01T12:42:08.127+10:002012-07-01T12:42:08.127+10:00Anon,
A good point that I predict will become inc...Anon,<br /><br />A good point that I predict will become increasingly relevant in coming years.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-35575167115435891692012-07-01T07:59:15.472+10:002012-07-01T07:59:15.472+10:00Indeed, the one thing the neo-liberal economic man...Indeed, the one thing the neo-liberal economic mantra of "free movement of goods, capital and labor across borders" has forgotten is that "free movement" also includes the free movement of productive, educated, Western taxpayers, not just that of low-skilled, dysfunctional third worlders. <br /><br />As the elites of Detroit and California completely forgot, much to their current dismay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-65559519063438091082012-06-29T06:28:40.594+10:002012-06-29T06:28:40.594+10:00Patriotism to a geographical area that used to hou...<em>Patriotism to a geographical area that used to house a French culture?</em><br /><br />Oddly enough, given their very advanced state of cultural leftism vis-a-vis the US, cultural differences and their disparate effects remain largely non-taboo in France. They are careful never to entertain the thought the such questions might have any genetic component; but they are totally open to the idea that there is a distinctive French culture, of the French, by the French, and for the French, and which ought to be preserved. Say that in America and yer a disgusting raaacist.Nick Steveshttp://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/stump/stump.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-59059248746346597922012-06-26T12:36:12.605+10:002012-06-26T12:36:12.605+10:00What "patriotism" is he appealing to? Pa...What "patriotism" is he appealing to? Patriotism to a geographical area that used to house a French culture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-55871566048913322642012-06-26T05:01:03.733+10:002012-06-26T05:01:03.733+10:00Gee Bernard, what if you left the money in the poc...Gee Bernard, what if you left the money in the pockets of French businesses and let them decide how to invest it rather than trying to do the job for them more expensively and less effectively? That would be an <b>even better</b> measure to support investment and encourage business to stay in France!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-74453987705973636282012-06-25T22:53:18.006+10:002012-06-25T22:53:18.006+10:00And that will be the reason for the eventual EU br...And that will be the reason for the eventual EU breakup; infighting for tax revenue coupled with spending. And to top it all off, IMO it won't be the smaller economies that bail first or are forced but the largest one, Germany followed by the UK that do.Jimnoreply@blogger.com