tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post1682725632550572808..comments2024-01-12T00:24:35.544+01:00Comments on St Bloggie de Riviere: Us and ThemSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-14436510081459235232010-10-05T10:00:37.431+02:002010-10-05T10:00:37.431+02:00Johnny, many mayors worry about the lack of suppor...Johnny, many mayors worry about the lack of support from above because they are legally liable for a load of shit and can be sued personally when things go wrong.<br /><br />I think a balance is what's needed to give enough freedom to suit the good, but not enough to be abused by the bad.<br /><br />States should refuse to fuel the EU with more money at this time of penury. Do they not understand the concept of ENOUGH ALREADY!! :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-29068414625490226502010-10-05T00:37:16.340+02:002010-10-05T00:37:16.340+02:00Well this is what happens when governments continu...Well this is what happens when governments continue to spend more than they earn.<br /> The EUs budget is increasing next year if you can believe it.<br /> There are far too many layers of government at the centre that we do not want, need or can afford.<br /><br />France wants to remove more power from the local people and that is going the wrong way.<br />Long live the Mayor.( if he/she is s good one)Johnny Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-6679009477553185292010-10-04T16:51:28.589+02:002010-10-04T16:51:28.589+02:00I'm not surprised they want to come south. Hea...I'm not surprised they want to come south. Heavens, I came south, but not with so much dosh I displaced the locals, not with tuppence ha'penny anyway... lolSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-28374869397037158082010-10-04T16:23:39.404+02:002010-10-04T16:23:39.404+02:00Exactly what happened to my husband's home tow...Exactly what happened to my husband's home town – La Ciotat. Once a small ship building port, now its residents can barely afford it b/c home prices were driven up by wealthy Northerners.Samantha Véranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446488761214047647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-11527470543990119842010-10-04T15:41:49.770+02:002010-10-04T15:41:49.770+02:00As far as I can make out, the whole of western Eur...As far as I can make out, the whole of western Europe is in the debt doldrums. <br /><br />What happens down my way is that people retire from Paris with loadsa money from the sale of their house and push up the prices way beyond what people (like me) can afford on a salary. Same old same old.<br /><br />Then the village where I live got concerned that village life would die cos only old people could afford to live there, so the school would close, etc. so they built small cheaper houses which were partly snapped up by poorer folk from Paris retiring south. And I STILL can't afford to buy.<br /><br />Yer can't win!<br /><br />Funny how the wv is sometimes so apt.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-78886759695788493072010-10-04T15:25:42.802+02:002010-10-04T15:25:42.802+02:00Great. I'm going to get double taxed, aren'...Great. I'm going to get double taxed, aren't I? The funny thing is, while everything spins out of control, only a few people can afford France. It's the same in the US. Real estate goes up, but salaries do not. The rise in retirement age is, IMHO, a long time coming - isn't the age in the US 64? Are Greece and Portugal the only problem? BAH. Anyways. don't mind me today. I'm cranky.<br /><br />even my word ver, fowlyph, sounds like foul lipped when said aloud.Samantha Véranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446488761214047647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-61174875640154526112010-10-04T15:05:38.953+02:002010-10-04T15:05:38.953+02:00LOL, the (tiny) bit they don't send off-shore!...LOL, the (tiny) bit they don't send off-shore!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-7837302917537747212010-10-04T15:03:30.571+02:002010-10-04T15:03:30.571+02:00What tax revenue?
Sorry, slap hand for being cyni...What tax revenue?<br /><br />Sorry, slap hand for being cynical...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-76690773950256400002010-10-04T14:49:33.311+02:002010-10-04T14:49:33.311+02:00Yes, I saw that. He also said that he has to make ...Yes, I saw that. He also said that he has to make France an attractive place for the rich to stay living in cos they could just move elsewhere and then bang goes all their tax revenue.<br /><br />Tricky.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-37064200409165618762010-10-04T14:37:05.433+02:002010-10-04T14:37:05.433+02:00Looks like Fillon is marking out his territory pos...Looks like Fillon is marking out his territory post Sarkozy.<br /><br />And have you seen Sarkozy's proposals to align French and German taxation practices? Bang goes the bouclier fiscal...we shall have Mme Bettencourt in the streets with a placard shortly.<br /><br />One measure which might be popular is to remove fiscal protection from donations to political parties...but that's unthinkable.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.com