I don't agree that the various EU governments are starting to "get it". It's the entire contrary for a lot of countries.
There are very, very few, say, EU success software stories (SAP! Yeah. German. Not french). And it's not just software and that is for a very good reason.
In some countries like France and all the other socialo-communist EU countries people are not just looking with a very bad eye entrepreneurs who failed: they're also and, most importantly, developing a hatred of people who work hard and a hatred for the fruit of hardwork (they hate both success and money, success and money being related but not identical).
So there's this entire mindset which is ruining, for example, the France economy and it's ruining it fast. Rich people are leaving the country (Belgium, Switzerland and the U.S. all being destinations now seeing more and more rich french persons coming).
The unions here are way too strong and SMEs and independents are seen as people you should milk as much as you can.
And for those who "succeed", don't you dare to buy a Porsche because you'll then be seen as an "ennemy of the (socialo-communist) state".
Honestly it is sad but France is deserving what it is getting now: recession, SMEs going bankrupt, big companies delocalizing, rich people fleeing, they're debt skyrocketing (91% of the GDP), the GDP that shall fall (0% Q2 growth and now a recession that shall start), the loss of its status as the world's fifth biggest power (should be in 6th place by the end of Hollande's mandate).
Socialo-communist countries spreading the hate of succesful people can only go one way: mediocrity.
France and it's crazy wellfare system is going the way Greece and Spain went. This is only the beginning of the eurocrisis and it shall get uglier by the day. Unemployment is going to skyrocket. In the end debt shall need to be monetized and we'll see a massive drop in the value of the euro.
Because what we're seeing now is a joke compared to what is coming: how is France going to save its sinking economy without investors, without entrepreneurs and without people willing to work?
Want an example as to how crazy the socialo-communists are in a lot of European countries? In Spain in 5 years 210 000 SMEs went bankrupt. Unemployment is sky-high and Spain is probably going to default (it's debt is "low" compared to its GDP but its GDP is falling and its debt is taking +9% per year... It's only a matter of time before Spain becomes the new Greece). So 210 000 SMEs bankrupt: can you imagine how many people previously unemployed are now without a job? And you know what the public servants do? Public servants who have a friggin' job working for the state do protest in the street because they had a 3% cut on their salary.
A 3% cut and they protest in the street. While a lot of people who previously had job working in the private sector don't even have a job anymore.
That is why all these socialo-communist state are fcked. It's over for them. The "sense of entitlement" of the people working for the state is way too important and the part of the state in the economy of these socialo-communist countries is way too important too. There is no way out.
And that is just today... What about tomorrow?
Well, entrepreneurs are way less prone to create a gig in France (or in Spain). They're moving to greener pasture. I've got friends who created companies in the U.S. (SoCal) and in Asia (Tokyo). Why would they stay here in France?
Why would I* stay? You see, now I may be pitching soon: I'm frequenting the local "startup" scene but I already have contacts outside Europe. I'm (of course) willing to move: should I succeed in France I'd be not only milked like a cow to pay for the 56% of the french economy that is directly directed by the state (that number only went up and up: France shall soon default, just like Greece, it's only a matter of time) but I'd also be regarded as a greedy rich bastard responsible for some perceived slavery (which, ironically, is of course the fault of the socialo-communist state and the way-too-greedy state system).
If you live in the U.S. I'd seriously have you consider to not vote for Obama: the public debt of your country never exploded as much than after five years of Obama. That wellfare system and the sense of entitlement it creates shall lead to a socialist country. This has always been the plan of leftists: create a gigantic number of state jobs and promise more and more wellfare, to make sure to get reelected. Once you're too entrenched into socialism the only way out is default.
And then once the nany state defaults you'll get tyranny.
Oh, sure, for a few years your shiny healthcare system shall look nice. And then the discfonctional system shall be hidden under more and more debt.
And then you'll default, just like Greece. Just like Spain is going to. Just like France is going to.
It's not that I'm not a good person. It's not that I wouldn't want everybody to get a good healthcare system. But the only thing socialism leads to is poverty for everyone, besides the leaders. Don't forget where you're coming from and what made your country so great.
No matter how often you call western European countries "socialo-communist", they have never been anywhere close to communist, and lately have been reducing all kinds of social benefits, going more towards the "totally free market" (with questionable outcomes...).
But I'm sure you'll find a "socio-communist" reason for e.g. the Spanish real estate bubble. Silly communists and their real estate speculation!
I don't agree that the various EU governments are starting to "get it". It's the entire contrary for a lot of countries.
There are very, very few, say, EU success software stories (SAP! Yeah. German. Not french). And it's not just software and that is for a very good reason.
In some countries like France and all the other socialo-communist EU countries people are not just looking with a very bad eye entrepreneurs who failed: they're also and, most importantly, developing a hatred of people who work hard and a hatred for the fruit of hardwork (they hate both success and money, success and money being related but not identical).
So there's this entire mindset which is ruining, for example, the France economy and it's ruining it fast. Rich people are leaving the country (Belgium, Switzerland and the U.S. all being destinations now seeing more and more rich french persons coming).
The unions here are way too strong and SMEs and independents are seen as people you should milk as much as you can.
And for those who "succeed", don't you dare to buy a Porsche because you'll then be seen as an "ennemy of the (socialo-communist) state".
Honestly it is sad but France is deserving what it is getting now: recession, SMEs going bankrupt, big companies delocalizing, rich people fleeing, they're debt skyrocketing (91% of the GDP), the GDP that shall fall (0% Q2 growth and now a recession that shall start), the loss of its status as the world's fifth biggest power (should be in 6th place by the end of Hollande's mandate).
Socialo-communist countries spreading the hate of succesful people can only go one way: mediocrity.
France and it's crazy wellfare system is going the way Greece and Spain went. This is only the beginning of the eurocrisis and it shall get uglier by the day. Unemployment is going to skyrocket. In the end debt shall need to be monetized and we'll see a massive drop in the value of the euro.
Because what we're seeing now is a joke compared to what is coming: how is France going to save its sinking economy without investors, without entrepreneurs and without people willing to work?
Want an example as to how crazy the socialo-communists are in a lot of European countries? In Spain in 5 years 210 000 SMEs went bankrupt. Unemployment is sky-high and Spain is probably going to default (it's debt is "low" compared to its GDP but its GDP is falling and its debt is taking +9% per year... It's only a matter of time before Spain becomes the new Greece). So 210 000 SMEs bankrupt: can you imagine how many people previously unemployed are now without a job? And you know what the public servants do? Public servants who have a friggin' job working for the state do protest in the street because they had a 3% cut on their salary.
A 3% cut and they protest in the street. While a lot of people who previously had job working in the private sector don't even have a job anymore.
That is why all these socialo-communist state are fcked. It's over for them. The "sense of entitlement" of the people working for the state is way too important and the part of the state in the economy of these socialo-communist countries is way too important too. There is no way out.
And that is just today... What about tomorrow?
Well, entrepreneurs are way less prone to create a gig in France (or in Spain). They're moving to greener pasture. I've got friends who created companies in the U.S. (SoCal) and in Asia (Tokyo). Why would they stay here in France?
Why would I* stay? You see, now I may be pitching soon: I'm frequenting the local "startup" scene but I already have contacts outside Europe. I'm (of course) willing to move: should I succeed in France I'd be not only milked like a cow to pay for the 56% of the french economy that is directly directed by the state (that number only went up and up: France shall soon default, just like Greece, it's only a matter of time) but I'd also be regarded as a greedy rich bastard responsible for some perceived slavery (which, ironically, is of course the fault of the socialo-communist state and the way-too-greedy state system).
If you live in the U.S. I'd seriously have you consider to not vote for Obama: the public debt of your country never exploded as much than after five years of Obama. That wellfare system and the sense of entitlement it creates shall lead to a socialist country. This has always been the plan of leftists: create a gigantic number of state jobs and promise more and more wellfare, to make sure to get reelected. Once you're too entrenched into socialism the only way out is default.
And then once the nany state defaults you'll get tyranny.
Oh, sure, for a few years your shiny healthcare system shall look nice. And then the discfonctional system shall be hidden under more and more debt.
And then you'll default, just like Greece. Just like Spain is going to. Just like France is going to.
It's not that I'm not a good person. It's not that I wouldn't want everybody to get a good healthcare system. But the only thing socialism leads to is poverty for everyone, besides the leaders. Don't forget where you're coming from and what made your country so great.
F*ck socialism.
/rant off