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| Crisis Imperils Liberal Benefits Long Expected by Europeans |
| 2010-05-23 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 Work makes you free. I heard that somewhere... I thought it was "Work for Life" . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-23 23:45 |
| #11 IIRC NEWS KERALA > BRITISH PRINCESSES TO LOSE BODYGUARDS [ + few other Perks]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-23 21:22 |
| #10 It's good for them and will keep them the hell off the beaches until a decent hour. But will it keep 'em off the streets of Paris? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-05-23 12:56 |
| #9 Hasn't been Bonn for almost 20 years now, Shipman. :) |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-05-23 12:02 |
| #8 Work makes you free. I heard that somewhere... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-23 12:01 |
| #7 Bonn should work harder. It's good for them and will keep them the hell off the beaches until a decent hour. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-23 11:41 |
| #6 Once the people who created this mess get their retirement and benefits locked it they will turn around, change the rules, and screw their children and grandchildren to pay for it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-05-23 11:25 |
| #5 Let's hope this marks the beginning of the end for the whole EU project. Just hope the gravy train wreck in Brussels doesn't throw up too much dust. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2010-05-23 10:30 |
| #4 To paraphrase Victor Davis Hanson: Munich works 40 hours a week until age 67 for Athens not to - and Athens demands that Munich do so, or else. Something will give. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-05-23 09:41 |
| #3 Looks like the only reason privately run pyramid schemes are illegal is that they compete with the government run ones... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2010-05-23 09:10 |
| #2 And liberals provide benefits. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-23 04:52 |
| #1 Note the ever-present NYT bias in language. It's not the spending without limit that's the problem, it's this darn crisis! If the crisis could just go away, everything would return to normal in the EU paradise! |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-05-23 04:30 |