New French government faces deepening deficit and mounting debt

[shockedcanadian]

Hey at least they avoided the "far right". Similar to the U.K...

Germany cut their promises to Ukraine. France military is weak and slow to build up. The U.K can't even handle a basic navy battle after they owned the sea for a couple of centuries and their manufacturing has been gutted.

China is playing the long game of chess. I love the creativity of some players, but, the defense to this is to play positional chess and wait for your opponent to overextend themselves, than you counter.

This is what China is doing. They are using their proxies such as Iran and Russia. There is a reason Iran hasn't attacked Israel, they and their allies want a particular outcome in the 2024 election. China can sense their time is soon, with hundreds of more nukes added as insurance.

The weakened West did this to themselves, with plenty of guidance by the invisible hand of China and the MSS.

Business - New French government faces deepening deficit and mounting debt

France's new economic team is led by two young and relatively unknown members of President Macron's pro-business coalition. They face a host of fiscal challenges as they try to reduce deficits without…

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France's new economic team is led by two young and relatively unknown members of President Macron's pro-business coalition. They face a host of fiscal challenges as they try to reduce deficits without raising taxes on France's middle class.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

So, now it is China's fault that nations spend more than they bring in?

Is it their fault my Gators suck so much this year?

 

[ESay]

The global role and influence of the West will be declining, and China and the Global South will be arising. That is a natural process and no one can stop this. Just accept the reality and get along with it.

 

[shockedcanadian]

So, now it is China's fault that nations spend more than they bring in?

Is it their fault my Gators suck so much this year?

Most of the damage to Western societies you see today is due to China eating out lunch and shifting power to the East.

It isn't their fault, it is Chinas excellent work convincing these Western nations to outsource their manufacturing base and Middle Class to a massive communist nation. In return, they will import low wage, low skilled citizens who don't share their values, language or religion and try and suppress local wages while cost of living, especially housing, has skyrocketed.

Sounds like an excellent strategy to global success. It seems their innovation is waning and China is flooding their market.

China has been wisely taking their time and meticulously building their military, aimed primarily at stunting the U.S navys ability to respond to a crisis in the SCS. All the yelling from Western investors that China economy is doing poorly isn't their concern because they can easily follow Maos strategy of having citizens suffer for the "greater good" of the nation and military. How much of their economic and corporate data was even on the level?

We are very slow learners and the communist Chinese are very wise. "Fool the devils, divide their nation and let them hold the bag if businesses collapse. Ultimately we will just nationalize their businesses at will anyways".

Europe is in deep trouble, unable to defend themselves against the Russians even after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 years ago, Europe refused to learn, Germany is perhaps the best example. They were the high end manufacturing envy of the world. China undercut them with a smile.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The global role and influence of the West will be declining, and China and the Global South will be arising. That is a natural process and no one can stop this. Just accept the reality and get along with it.

This is all well and good until the missiles start firing and Western corporations collapse, along with the U.S dollar.

Strong leadership and good policies are needed. Not more handouts to enemy states and a groomed docile generation who would have gotten their asses kicked by the Germans while they complained about what pronouns to be called.

I assure you that if one is a POW their capturers wont abide by their pronoun demands.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

This is all well and good until the missiles start firing and Western corporations collapse, along with the U.S dollar.

Strong leadership and good policies are needed. Not more handouts to enemy states and a groomed docile generation who would have gotten their asses kicked by the Germans while they complained about what pronouns to be called.

I assure you that if one is a POW their capturers wont abide by their pronoun demands.

Why would missiles need to start firing?

And who is going to be the one doing the first firing, the West or China?

 

[shockedcanadian]

Why would missiles need to start firing?

And who is going to be the one doing the first firing, the West or China?

Ask Taiwan.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Ask Taiwan.

I am asking you.

You are the one that lives in constant fear of this.

 

[Mac-7]

So, now it is China's fault that nations spend more than they bring in?

Is it their fault my Gators suck so much this year?

They need an elite coach to be an elite team

And the list of those is very short

I would fire the athletic director before firing the coach

Then search for the next head coach

 

[ESay]

This is all well and good until the missiles start firing and Western corporations collapse, along with the U.S dollar.

Strong leadership and good policies are needed. Not more handouts to enemy states and a groomed docile generation who would have gotten their asses kicked by the Germans while they complained about what pronouns to be called.

I assure you that if one is a POW their capturers wont abide by their pronoun demands.

If the West won't be stupid enough, the rockets won't be flying. About the collapse of the US dollar, I agree. It somewhat terrifies me.

 

[shockedcanadian]

I am asking you.

You are the one that lives in constant fear of this.

It isn't fear, it is pragmatic realism based on the assessment of experts. The same experts who predicted Russia was going to attack by the way, while Germany (as usual of late) and the French didn't believe it was going to happen. Ditto for Zelensky himself.

Piece together all of the other elements, from distracting wars in the M.E, N Korea, economic circumstances, military expansion of the East coupled with a deliberate, slow squeezing of Western society and economy and it is clear the potential is immense that World War III will arrive sooner than later.

Hell, even former Grandmaster Kasparov underestimated Putin and he is as logical as you will find. I won't forget the look on the face of Establishment sweetheart Vindman of Trump Impeachment when he was on CNN for an interview just as the attack began (why was he worthy of an interview? Odd, no?) when Russia attacked. He looked like a deer in headlights, as if his entire world view (or some other interests...) collapsed in an instant.

"How could Putin attack with Biden as President!? This was only supposed to happen under comrade Trumps reign!" He must have been thinking.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

It isn't fear, it is pragmatic realism based on the assessment of experts. The same experts who predicted Russia was going to attack by the way, while Germany (as usual of late) and the French didn't believe it was going to happen. Ditto for Zelensky himself.

Ah yes, these experts that you are too embarrassed to name.

 

[sparky]

all well and good until the missiles start firing and Western corporations collapse, along with the U.S dollar.

About the collapse of the US dollar, I agree. It somewhat terrifies me.

So this is who we're fighting now??>>>

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. Wikipedia

~S~

 

[shockedcanadian]

Ah yes, these experts that you are too embarrassed to name.

No, experts that don't sign endorsements of a presidential because they are concerned with real issues of life, death and war, not politics or personal benefits to their investment portfolio.

The general prediction was for Taiwan to be attacked by 2027. Some say as late as 2030 when they have their nuclear arsenal updated and a deterrent to U.S involvement. Google is your friend. Chinas public vow of support with Russia "without limits" should have been the most startling of announcements as Russia was killing civilians in Ukraine.

You may not have heard of the well respected (in China) statement by a man who said that China is willing to lose 400M Chinese citizens to obtain their goal. He even outlined the geographical he assumed might get nuked.

This is communism, maybe some in the West forget how that system works. A little too ignorant and naive perhaps. Israel and Ukraine learned that lesson when they underestimated their enemies...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

No, experts that don't sign endorsements of a presidential because they are concerned with real issues of life, death and war, not politics or personal benefits to their investment portfolio.

The general prediction was for Taiwan to be attacked by 2027. Some say as late as 2030 when they have their nuclear arsenal updated and a deterrent to U.S involvement. Google is your friend.

You may not have heard of the well respected (in China) statement by a man who said that China is willing to lose 400M Chinese citizens to obtain their goal. He even outlined the geographical he assumed might get nuked.

This is communism, maybe some in the West forget how that system works. A little too ignorant and naive perhaps. Israel and Ukraine learned that lesson when they underestimated their enemies...

And yet you are still to embarrassed to give a name or a link or anything.

 

[shockedcanadian]

And yet you are still to embarrassed to give a name or a link or anything.

Im not doing the work for everyone all the time, Im multi tasking and thus preoccupied with such a search. Call it modern laziness as keystrokes take brain power and calories.

Take my word for it, I didn't choose this dates out of the blue.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Im not doing the work for everyone all the time, Im multi tasking and thus preoccupied with such a search. Call it modern laziness as keystrokes take brain power and calories.

Take my word for it, I didn't choose this dates out of the blue.

I call it you being full of shit and just making things up.

 

[ESay]

So this is who we're fighting now??>>>

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. Wikipedia

~S~

Why fighting? I more prefer cooperation.

 

[AMart]

Who's behind this? Obviously the politicians are paid off to allow this to happen (like here also) so who pays them?

 

[ESay]

Who's behind this? Obviously the politicians are paid off to allow this to happen (like here also) so who pays them?

France is the most visited country by international tourists, by far.