• 26 Mar 2009 at 10:51 AM

Bonus Watch ’09: France

By Bess Levin

Zee frogs see your silly little proposed tax and say, “90%? You flaccid Americans! Try 100%.” Yes, mon chichis, dry your eyes ’cause it could be so much worse. The French government is apparently set to “issue a decree banning bonuses and share options for executives of banks that have received government aid,” to be adopted as early as next week. Presidential “official” Claude Gueant said in a statement that “Capitalism is there to enrich all the population and not just the bosses.”

Comments (12)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    Viva la France!
    Of course tax compliance in France has never been quite the same as it is in the US.

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    that statement might hold water if a) they worked and b) were capitalists

  3. 3
    Posted by Anal_yst | March 26, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    I think his statement would be correct if he replaced “Capitalism” with “Socialism.”
    Otherwise I’m curious from which textbook he reads that leads him to make such a statement(translation error, perhaps?)

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    2 wins comment of the day.

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    It is true that the US government is currently giving us a great lesson of what genuine capitalism is.
    Bunch of idiots.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    now now, don’t be jealous. socialism is obviously working for them:
    aircraft carriers, nukes, subs? check
    4 day work week? check
    non-shitty healthcare and retirement? check
    Mediterranean climate? check
    decent food? check
    a lot of hot women who like to drink, smoke, and fuck? check
    sounds OK to me.

  7. 7
    Posted by BSD | March 26, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    @6 been a while since you’ve been to France hasn’t it?

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    I’m with 7, they hot young women don’t smoke anymore. Get your facts straight!

  9. 9
    Posted by Debter | March 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    What iz zis Mediterranean climate you speak off?
    Regards
    un Parisian

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    @6 word
    @7 been a while since you’ve been anywhere?

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    @9 — He’s not wrong about the climate in Nice, but that town has been ceded to the Algerians…

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | March 26, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    Would France please reinstate the franc so that I can more effectively short these jokers?

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