France to say 'oui' to 'l'herbe'? [modified]
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A new parliamentary report recommends legalising the cultivation and consumption of cannabis in France.[^] Of course its going to be grown in France, I wonder if they will apply Appelation status to it... Anyway, they are quite keen on the 1.4 billion euros tax they can raise off its consumption. But wait, what's the effect on other tax revenues going to be with 6 million people more or less permantly stoned? Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue? Perhaps they should legalise coaine instead, perhaps even give it to the workers in factories free. Should see GDP go up by a good 20%. :) Of course the fact your heart packs up at about 60 from cocaine use brings another benefit. No more pensions crisis!
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A new parliamentary report recommends legalising the cultivation and consumption of cannabis in France.[^] Of course its going to be grown in France, I wonder if they will apply Appelation status to it... Anyway, they are quite keen on the 1.4 billion euros tax they can raise off its consumption. But wait, what's the effect on other tax revenues going to be with 6 million people more or less permantly stoned? Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue? Perhaps they should legalise coaine instead, perhaps even give it to the workers in factories free. Should see GDP go up by a good 20%. :) Of course the fact your heart packs up at about 60 from cocaine use brings another benefit. No more pensions crisis!
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UK customs types recently intercepted cocaine on a yacht in Southampton. Estimated street value of £300 million. It was also described as exceptionally pure by street standards. Now if the country's economy is FUBAR and they're sitting on cocaine that could easily be cut down to a value of around half a billion...
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A new parliamentary report recommends legalising the cultivation and consumption of cannabis in France.[^] Of course its going to be grown in France, I wonder if they will apply Appelation status to it... Anyway, they are quite keen on the 1.4 billion euros tax they can raise off its consumption. But wait, what's the effect on other tax revenues going to be with 6 million people more or less permantly stoned? Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue? Perhaps they should legalise coaine instead, perhaps even give it to the workers in factories free. Should see GDP go up by a good 20%. :) Of course the fact your heart packs up at about 60 from cocaine use brings another benefit. No more pensions crisis!
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Eric__V wrote:
Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue?
French productivity is an oxymoron.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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UK customs types recently intercepted cocaine on a yacht in Southampton. Estimated street value of £300 million. It was also described as exceptionally pure by street standards. Now if the country's economy is FUBAR and they're sitting on cocaine that could easily be cut down to a value of around half a billion...
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
ChrisElston wrote:
Now if the country's economy is FUBAR and they're sitting on cocaine that could easily be cut down to a value of around half a billion...
After all, when it comes to money, screw morality! It would be seriously interesting to see the results of an ecconomy whose workers were fueled by cocaine. After all, the leaf itself was used by Columbian miners to work harder. :)
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Eric__V wrote:
Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue?
French productivity is an oxymoron.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Whereas Hungarian productivity is a shining example to us all?
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I have never and never will claim that the Hungarians are productive. Except in maths, physics, economics. They are, per capita, one of the most successful countries for Nobel Laureates.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I have never and never will claim that the Hungarians are productive. Except in maths, physics, economics. They are, per capita, one of the most successful countries for Nobel Laureates.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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A new parliamentary report recommends legalising the cultivation and consumption of cannabis in France.[^] Of course its going to be grown in France, I wonder if they will apply Appelation status to it... Anyway, they are quite keen on the 1.4 billion euros tax they can raise off its consumption. But wait, what's the effect on other tax revenues going to be with 6 million people more or less permantly stoned? Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue? Perhaps they should legalise coaine instead, perhaps even give it to the workers in factories free. Should see GDP go up by a good 20%. :) Of course the fact your heart packs up at about 60 from cocaine use brings another benefit. No more pensions crisis!
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Yeah but the crime rate would probably decrease. There's always a tradeoff.
The problem with borrowing money from China is 30 mins. later you feel broke again.
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That is very true. (Of course you exterminate the idiots, which helps).
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Unlike the French... :rolleyes:
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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A new parliamentary report recommends legalising the cultivation and consumption of cannabis in France.[^] Of course its going to be grown in France, I wonder if they will apply Appelation status to it... Anyway, they are quite keen on the 1.4 billion euros tax they can raise off its consumption. But wait, what's the effect on other tax revenues going to be with 6 million people more or less permantly stoned? Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue? Perhaps they should legalise coaine instead, perhaps even give it to the workers in factories free. Should see GDP go up by a good 20%. :) Of course the fact your heart packs up at about 60 from cocaine use brings another benefit. No more pensions crisis!
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There'll also be a corresponding tax revenue increase due to a greater consumption of munchies. That should offset the productivity losses, I'd think. :cool:
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Unlike the French... :rolleyes:
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Eric__V wrote:
Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue?
French productivity is an oxymoron.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
French productivity is an oxymoron.
C'est vrai, n'est-ce pas?
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.
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There'll also be a corresponding tax revenue increase due to a greater consumption of munchies. That should offset the productivity losses, I'd think. :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
Chris Meech wrote:
There'll also be a corresponding tax revenue increase due to a greater consumption of munchies.
But there could be a drop off in the consumption of wine.
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.
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Chris Meech wrote:
There'll also be a corresponding tax revenue increase due to a greater consumption of munchies.
But there could be a drop off in the consumption of wine.
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.
Oh, merde. This economic prediction thing is prooving to be tough. N'est pas. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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Oh, merde. This economic prediction thing is prooving to be tough. N'est pas. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra] posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
Chris Meech wrote:
This economic prediction thing is prooving to be tough.
Buy Greek bonds, then you can stop worrying
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.
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I have never and never will claim that the Hungarians are productive. Except in maths, physics, economics. They are, per capita, one of the most successful countries for Nobel Laureates.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
They are, per capita, one of the most successful countries for Nobel Laureates.
Per capita, so is East Timor - even though they only have two.
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote:
They are, per capita, one of the most successful countries for Nobel Laureates.
Per capita, so is East Timor - even though they only have two.
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots. R. A. H.
I also won’t be surprised if two thirds of them are Americans with some Hungarian heritage. The Europeans tends to consider their American sprouts as Americans if they screw up and “European descendants” if they create something significant. I find this pretty unfear despite the fact I’m also European.
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I also won’t be surprised if two thirds of them are Americans with some Hungarian heritage. The Europeans tends to consider their American sprouts as Americans if they screw up and “European descendants” if they create something significant. I find this pretty unfear despite the fact I’m also European.
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No. About a 1/3 of them emigrated post-war, but were Hungarian and later naturalised Burger Eating Invasion Monkeys.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Eric__V wrote:
Surely productivity is going to slump resulting in a greater loos of revenue?
French productivity is an oxymoron.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
French productivity is an oxymoron.
Considering the fact that with the exactly same population as UK and without the US investments they have bigger GDP this makes them pretty clever guys IMHO. Of course I could be wrong, I know only one French and this one was a turd. :)
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No. About a 1/3 of them emigrated post-war, but were Hungarian and later naturalised Burger Eating Invasion Monkeys.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
In this case I stand corrected. And by the way I have a colleague from a Hungarian descent and he is indecently smart, it’s a pleasure to work with him.
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