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News & ArtsSunday, May 6, 2012
Occupy Headline of Our Times
Posted by Charles Mudede on Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:22 PM
As if you needed to know...
Why Wall Street fears a Socialist leader
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The thing I want to know is how come French politicians get all the hot babes to be their "partner".
I mean how does a guy who's name sounds like a new sauce for breakfast sandwiches get to bed this every night:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew…
Yeah..Valerie Trierweiler.
You know what...we don't even have stuff that looks like her around here!!
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Umm... Wait a minute. I thought the whole idea is, markets hate regulation. If France adopts tighter regulations in the wake of M. Hollande's election, shouldn't that mean a windfall for NY & London as capital migrates accordingly? Or is this yet another example of personal preferences (on "Wall Street's" part, this time) trumping the desire to make money?
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Yeah, remember when the Socialists deregulated the banks, started all kinds of foreign wars based on lies, and then caused the economic collapse 2008? I can see why Wall Street is worried.
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Charles,
Well, I'm not too worried. The French have had a Socialist as President (Mitterand) before. Wall Street should know better. They will be fine.
Well, I'm not too worried. The French have had a Socialist as President (Mitterand) before. Wall Street should know better. They will be fine.
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the ransom note says if we elect a socialist, our abductors are totally going to off everyone. we better listen to what they say, they have computer money.
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Who cares what a bunch of welfare queens think? When those incompetent neurotics on Wall Street go out and get a real job, I'll pay attention to their hand-wringing.
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Sadly I have not seen this "socialist election" lead to a spike in gold prices. Must be a slow news day or mistranslation.
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That article fills me with the glee of anti-banksta schadenfreude. Here's hoping Hollande implements every one of those policies that Wall Street fears! Especially the 75% top tax rate! (But not the lowering of the retirement age. You're a lovely country, dear France, but you really need to stop mismanaging your pension system.)
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