France has a financial black hole. A ginormous black hole that will swallow the economy if it is not arrested. 5 Parties have seats in Parliament and the last 4 revolving door Prime Ministers have gone for the obvious reason, the public did not like their solutions. Their ideas, make pension age go up to 65, cut the benefits to the world class state healthcare etc. Farmers, workers have had rolling strikes and now the airport staff are joining in. We have a NEW Prime Minister who has suggested something so unbelievable we are holding our breath. He wants to TAX THE WEALTHY. We are speechless. He has been warned that the rich will leave France as that is what happened last time this was suggested, his comment is “so what, let them go”. The feeling of sanity this 80 year old feels is amazing. In a country where schoolchildren get 3 or 4 course luxury meals at school with small tables with porcelain and glass dishes and drinking vessels with metal knives and forks, plus a cotton serviette ($2 to $4 a day) depending on income, we have a system to be proud of and the people demand this. Perhaps sanity will arrive back into the land of Madame la Guillotine. We have a bloody history with those who take from the poor.
I hope this gives you some encouragement to realise that other civilised countries are succeeding. Yea it has taken 5 Prime Ministers but we hope we see light at the end of the tunnel otherwise the strikes etc will continue. The French really are Revolting!
Wonderfully written - bringing it all full circle!
Two things loom especially large on my worry list: people being killed in international waters by US military; and military troops rapelling onto an apartment building in Chicago, rousting people, terrifying children, and trashing their homes.
Of course Trump's "war" on blue cities and states is worrisome. The thugs (January 6th insurrectionists?) profiling for immigrants is despicable. And always the Epstein files are an example of the current regime's willingness to cover-up and protect pedophiles.
But mostly I think about the people harmed or killed in the name of America. Those responsible - Trump, Vought, Miller, Vance, Noem, Hegseth, et al. - need to be held accountable. They need to be punished, no other word for it.
Strange bedfellows: Mike Johnson, converted Catholic who wants a Christian country, same with Russel V from Heritage, while S. Miller is Jewish, as is his wife and I presume their three children, and he wants the country white. S. Bannon is a brute and has been in bed with more Russian friends than trump has been with women (or girls). Meanwhile, OldDon is their choice for getting this done. Huh? I'll be moon gazing and enjoying my dog.
Mike Johnson absolutely has things he doesn't want the public to see. Trump and others have intel on him that keep him in check. There is more that he hopes is hidden.
Resist!
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France has a financial black hole. A ginormous black hole that will swallow the economy if it is not arrested. 5 Parties have seats in Parliament and the last 4 revolving door Prime Ministers have gone for the obvious reason, the public did not like their solutions. Their ideas, make pension age go up to 65, cut the benefits to the world class state healthcare etc. Farmers, workers have had rolling strikes and now the airport staff are joining in. We have a NEW Prime Minister who has suggested something so unbelievable we are holding our breath. He wants to TAX THE WEALTHY. We are speechless. He has been warned that the rich will leave France as that is what happened last time this was suggested, his comment is “so what, let them go”. The feeling of sanity this 80 year old feels is amazing. In a country where schoolchildren get 3 or 4 course luxury meals at school with small tables with porcelain and glass dishes and drinking vessels with metal knives and forks, plus a cotton serviette ($2 to $4 a day) depending on income, we have a system to be proud of and the people demand this. Perhaps sanity will arrive back into the land of Madame la Guillotine. We have a bloody history with those who take from the poor.
I hope this gives you some encouragement to realise that other civilised countries are succeeding. Yea it has taken 5 Prime Ministers but we hope we see light at the end of the tunnel otherwise the strikes etc will continue. The French really are Revolting!
Wonderfully written - bringing it all full circle!
Two things loom especially large on my worry list: people being killed in international waters by US military; and military troops rapelling onto an apartment building in Chicago, rousting people, terrifying children, and trashing their homes.
Of course Trump's "war" on blue cities and states is worrisome. The thugs (January 6th insurrectionists?) profiling for immigrants is despicable. And always the Epstein files are an example of the current regime's willingness to cover-up and protect pedophiles.
But mostly I think about the people harmed or killed in the name of America. Those responsible - Trump, Vought, Miller, Vance, Noem, Hegseth, et al. - need to be held accountable. They need to be punished, no other word for it.
Your thoughts on the outrageous ICE raid on the Chicago apartment building this week??
Strange bedfellows: Mike Johnson, converted Catholic who wants a Christian country, same with Russel V from Heritage, while S. Miller is Jewish, as is his wife and I presume their three children, and he wants the country white. S. Bannon is a brute and has been in bed with more Russian friends than trump has been with women (or girls). Meanwhile, OldDon is their choice for getting this done. Huh? I'll be moon gazing and enjoying my dog.
Mike Johnson absolutely has things he doesn't want the public to see. Trump and others have intel on him that keep him in check. There is more that he hopes is hidden.
“Back home, the authoritarian scaffolding grows bolder.” Brilliant encapsulation of our country’s somber reality.