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Gee, liberals are angry. Not really news, and certainly not bad news.
Lol!
Angry Italian babes!
Been there! Barely made it out alive!
“They include a crackdown on tax evasion and welfare fraud”
Yep—that would have the masses demonstrating in the streets of the US, too.
The article is deceitful. The angry women are actually angry government workers. These are the equivalent to Acorn and SEIU heavies in say Baltimore or maybe Philadelphia.
italy has roughly 60 million people and about 5% are government employees. Anybody know what the percentage is here in the US?
So austerity means not spending more than you make? Who knew
WE WANT OUR CAKE AND WE WANT TO EAT IT TOO.
but we don't want to own it or pay for it.
How DARE they....!!!
Euroweenie brings groceries to check out, it is rung up and the clerk says, "That will be 110 Euros please". The customer says, "I have no money to pay". "No money", says the clerk, "well then, I'm afraid you cannot have the groceries if you cannot pay for them". Shocked, the customer says, "What do you mean I can't have them? I WANT them!!". But you haven't any money with which to pay or these groceries". says the clerk.
"What does THAT have to do with anything", cries the customer, "I said I WANTED them, didn't I"?
And so it goes in the lands of perpetual rainbows, candy and the "right" to all things for free.
The current world financial situation is like an out of control forest fire. One way to control a fire is to use a control burn or to cut a large fire break.
Cuts in spending would be like a fire break. It would not “put out the fire” but it could help keep it from spreading.
Those that are protesting these cuts do not seem to realize that without them, the “fire” will eventually destroy everything.
Their protest may very well keep their government from doing anything, but it will not stop the fire. It would be better to sacrifice a little now then to lose everything later.
This is why I have no faith at all that the Euro crisis will end successfully. The bread and circuses must continue or the rulers will be replaced with those who will continue the bread and circuses....
Maybe if those women could have been bothered to have some kids, they might have seen a brighter future. Instead they’re finding that when you spend EVERYONE’s retirement savings, even before most of the people actually retire - there’s not much left to go back for.
“Advance guard of angry women...”
Uh oh, that was how the french revolution started!
They need a dose of Reagan applied directly to the forehead.
Wanna strike? Go ahead. Just don’t plan to have a job come Monday.
That’ll fix it.
“Serena, a government public relations officer who declined to give her surname, said: ‘I’m really afraid because it will be very hard to find another job. I may have to become a waitress just to get by.’ “
Dear Serena,
In the U.S., this is what we call “reality.” I encourage you to become acquainted with it.
[Warning! Sexism alert!]
I think that a fundamental truth is manifest in this story.
Women are by instinct the more dependent sex. They crave protection, just as (throughout prehistory and history) the physically stronger males have afforded it. It is natural for women to demand support and protection.
It is also natural for men to respond by defending women. There are few things more effective than for a women subtly to appeal to a man for help, protection, and comfort. A man who responds will normally feel satisfaction and pride in his role as protector and provider.
In modern terms, under the reign of ideological feminism, this appeal for protection is often transferred, and becomes a demand on the state: the biggest “daddy” of them all. Women are more likely to demand social programs, and are more socialist in their attitudes. They not only want benefits, but they demand that the state “care” about them, which is something a large, impersonal bureaucracy can never really do.
But, one may protest, modern women are now trained to be independent, and have their own “careers,” and even join the military. Hollywood loves to depict tough, marshall-arts-enabled “female warriors.” But the more unrealistic the role impressed upon modern women, the more they will act out their true, instinctive nature in other ways.
Add to this that modern women are probably the unhappiest generation in our history, and we can expect more of female rage. We can also predict with great certainty that most commentators will totally miss the significance of theses things — but at least you and a few other readers of these words will understand.
“Italian MPs are the best paid in Europe”.
I thought French parliamentarians were the best paid in Europe. They often have several postings, mayor on one town, county commissioner on another place, etc.. Also French ministers get their salaries for life!
I don’t blame them — I really hate it when governments cut austerity. ;’) Thanks TigerLikesRooster. Topic from the 30th.