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SullivanSt's avatar

Hmm, my attempt to reply via email apparently got lost in the tubes.

I don't have any formal education in economics, so I don't know the name. It seems like it might be the idea of the "marginal utility of income", though.

SullivanSt's avatar

Really gotta wonder why he didn't use the perfectly good French word, "resumé", don't you?

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Having recently sat next to a group of French teens waiting to get on a plane, me. Sadly, they strongly reinforced the negative stereotypes about French people and BO... it was all I could do not to yack.

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Judging from <a href="http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29051501@N08\/4625021001\/lightbox\/" target="_blank">the situation at the Swiss border</a>, the 1% are in full flight.

SullivanSt's avatar

When it arrives via TGV?

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I was going to add "and the voice coming from the bathroom sounds a lot like Snooki." But sure, throw in the neighbors.

SullivanSt's avatar

Only by thinking like a wingnut.

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When you think about it, if you ask yourself on any legislative question, "which option will cause more suffering", the answer will inevitably be the GOP's position.

Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

We'll take him if he brings something along the lines of the Statue of Liberty.

SullivanSt's avatar

I <a href="http:\/\/cinnaminson.patch.com\/articles\/socialism-class-warfare-spoofed-in-jokey-ad-for-3m-moorestown-home" target="_blank">guess you're right</a>.

SullivanSt's avatar

Indeed, if only it were easier to return to sender with a big \"DO NOT WANT!\" label.

BarackMyWorld's avatar

Isn't moving from France to New Jersey is kind o like moving from a penthouse apartment to your parents' basement?

chascates's avatar

Socialist fire departments, socialist libraries, socialist food safety, and now socialist heath care. I blame Benjamin Franklin for this. He started a library AND a fire department and he's not around to say anything different.

fuflans's avatar

having just completed my weekly slog thru the economist i can't possibly be expected to read anything this long.