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2011-11-08 Europe

France to Save 100 Billion Euros to Balance Budget by 2016

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Posted by Fred 2011-11-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 BHARAT RAKSHAK > EUROZONE CRISIS CAN BE FIXED WID A TWO-CURRENCY SYSTEM, i.e. all-EU "universal" EuroDollar + State-specific National Currency, as similar to the highly successful, pre-1870 system using Gold + Silver Coins throughout Europe.

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* SAME > THE DENIALS THAT TRAPPED GREECE | PAMPANDREOU: PRIOR GOVT. LIED ABOUT SIZE OF DEFICIT SPENDING. 'Twas wholly unsustainable, twice the legal limits, + just plain bad for Women, Elderly, Kids, Working-class + Goats but the then-Admin did it anyway.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-08 01:02|| 2011-11-08 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Pity they are thinking of ignoring the best taxes to raise (government created items) and raising the worst taxes (VAT and Corporate).

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-08 09:37|| 2011-11-08 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 What is not said is that France has long held the dominant lip lock on the EUs financial teat with subsidies to its farmers that look ridiculous even by US standards.

Because farmers in France are as strong politically as in Japan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-11-08 11:57|| 2011-11-08 11:57|| Front Page Top

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