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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.

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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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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

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.

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SullivanSt's avatar

When it arrives via TGV?

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

I think the punch line is where he wakes up in a New Jersey McMansion.

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π”…π”’π”’π”©π”·π”’π”Ÿπ”²π”Ÿπ”Ÿπ”ž's avatar

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

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SullivanSt's avatar

Only by thinking like a wingnut.

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SullivanSt's avatar

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.

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

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

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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>.

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SullivanSt's avatar

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

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

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

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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.

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fuflans's avatar

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

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