Christine Lagarde, IMF boss who caused international outrage when she suggested that Greeks should pay their taxes, pays no tax. What she suggested is that somehow some poor fool who perhaps paid a few Euro less than he should have was responsible for the current mess in Europe. Not the greedy fucking rich. Not the banks. No, that guy, the waiter at the local taverna, or the guy who takes tickets on the ferry, him. Well, it was easy to rile up the others by suggesting that the Greeks were lazy tax evaders, but when they come after you? And slowly the other Europeans are coming to the realization that that which the Germans could not achieve with bombs and tanks, they are attempting to achieve with the Euro. Won't win this time, either. No one wants to be Germany's bitch.
Are you trying to suggest that the "job creators" should play by the same rules that the rest of us have to play by? As if!
Posted by: dguzman | May 29, 2012 at 10:56 PM
dguzman: Or this can continue until it can't and then the "job creators" will regret not having showed some restraint years earlier. Because eventually the pendulum swings back. I hope it swings back hard. GMB
Posted by: gmb | May 29, 2012 at 11:41 PM
That's a sweet fucking job. I have a far better sense of why DSK wanted it in excahnge for selling out Segolene Royal in 2005. Imagine how much bankster gelt in bribes you pick up in that gig, as well as a grossly inflated salary and travel budget.
Posted by: JDM | May 30, 2012 at 07:15 AM
JDM: DSK's wife is one of the richest women in France. He doesn't need the money, but the immunity? Priceless. GMB
Posted by: gmb | May 30, 2012 at 09:18 PM