{"id":14651,"date":"2012-05-04T14:10:28","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T12:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=14651"},"modified":"2021-08-05T22:37:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T20:37:50","slug":"hollande-vs-sarkozy-comics-economics-and-freakonomics-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hollande-vs-sarkozy-comics-economics-and-freakonomics-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollande Vs. Sarkozy: Comics, Economics, and Freakonomics! (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Nicolas Sarkozy<\/strong> is a man of\u00a0<strong>contradictions<\/strong>: When a handful of delinquents welcomed him with rotten eggs at one of the Parisian\u00a0<strong><em>banlieues<\/em><\/strong>, he didn&#8217;t hesitate to call them\u00a0<strong><em>racailles\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(scum.) Yet he never shied away from using\u00a0<strong><em>un langage de voyou<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(thuggish language) himself: To an old man who refused to shake his hand, he said &#8220;<strong><em>Casse-toi, pauv&#8217; con<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; (&#8220;F*** off, you loser&#8221;), and shortly before the Presidential Debate was scheduled, he promised his political pals that &#8220;<strong><em>il va exploser<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0(&#8220;he will blow up&#8221;) his opponent,\u00a0<strong>Fran\u00e7ois Hollande!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sarkozy : casse toi pauvre con LE CLIP !!!\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x4m6jp&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/cassetoipauvcon\/blog\/398800310\">Tum Sally<\/a> made a whole song about Sarkozy&#8217;s infamous &#8220;<em>Casse-toi, Pauv&#8217; Con<\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;F*** off, you loser&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let us resume the debate: The topic is also quite &#8220;explosive&#8221;: <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">l&#8217;\u00c9CONOMIE<\/span>&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ3zCh5qt48\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJ3zCh5qt48<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>HOLLANDE vs. SARKOZY: The Big Debate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For 00:00:00 -00:19:33<\/span>:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>For this segment of the video, check the posts:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hollande-vs-sarkozy-get-in-the-ring\/\">Hollande Vs. Sarkozy: Get in the Ring!<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/hollande-vs-sarkozy-comics-economics-and-freakonomics-part-i\/\">Hollande Vs. Sarkozy: Comics, Economics, and Freakonomics! (Part I)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:19:33 &#8211; 00:24:30<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sarkozy<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Let us be very precise,\u00a0<strong><em>Monsieur\u00a0<\/em>Hollande<\/strong>. You will admit that there was\u00a0<strong><em>une crise financi\u00e8re\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(a financial crisis) for the past four years. You will also contend that I wasn&#8217;t in power in the\u00a0<strong>United States,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Spain<\/strong>, Italy, and other places.<\/li>\n<li>After you criticized its policies for so long, now you talk about<strong>\u00a0Germany\u00a0<\/strong>as a model to criticize me<strong>!\u00a0<\/strong>Well, Germany never launched\u00a0<strong><em>les 35 heures<\/em><\/strong>. Germany&#8217;s economic policies are diametrically opposite to yours. I&#8217;d rather be inspired by what works than by what doesn&#8217;t. I&#8217;d rather follow the example of\u00a0<strong>Germany\u00a0<\/strong>rather that of\u00a0<strong>Greece<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Spain<\/strong>.\u00a0 Therefore I&#8217;m afraid that this argument turns itself violently against you.<\/li>\n<li>As for the deficit, it is true that it reached\u00a0<strong>70 billion Euros\u00a0<\/strong>high. Do you know how much\u00a0<strong><em>l&#8217;\u00e9nergie fossile\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(fossil fuel) represents in this deficit? It&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>63 billions<\/strong>. That is why I think it is totally irresponsible to suggest dismantling our\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Le nucl\u00e9aire civil: Pour ou contre? (For or against?)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-nucleaire-civil-pour-ou-contre-for-or-against\/\">nuclear agency<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>capability when the cost of energy is that high.<\/li>\n<li>The number of\u00a0<strong>10%\u00a0<\/strong>formed unemployed is accurate. But did you know that the responsibility of forming them is shared by the\u00a0<strong>syndicats<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>regional authorities<\/strong>, and the\u00a0<strong>State<\/strong>. It was mainly\u00a0<strong>the fault of the regional authorities<\/strong>\u00a0who didn&#8217;t do well their job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:24:30 &#8211; 00:27:20<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hollande<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Monsieur\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sarkozy<\/strong>, things with are you all always so simple:\u00a0<strong>It&#8217;s never your fault!<\/strong>\u00a0You always have a\u00a0<em><strong>un bouc-\u00e9missaire<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(a scapegoat): With the lack formation of the unemployed, it&#8217;s not you, it&#8217;s the fault of the regional authorities. For<em>\u00a0<strong>le ch\u00f4mage\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(unemployment), it&#8217;s not you either, it&#8217;s the fault of the\u00a0<strong>financial crisis<\/strong>! For the\u00a0<strong>German model<\/strong>, it&#8217;s not your fault, it took you five years to realize that it was better than the<strong>\u00a0Anglo-Saxon model<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Your suggested\u00a0<strong>TVA <em>anti-d<\/em><strong><em>\u00e9localisation<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0will only undermine\u00a0<em><strong>le pouvoir d&#8217;achat\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(purchasing power), and won&#8217;t help enough our\u00a0<strong>industry<\/strong>\u00a0to be\u00a0<strong>competitive<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>When the\u00a0<strong>Socialists\u00a0<\/strong>left the government for good in\u00a0<strong>2002<\/strong>, our\u00a0<em><strong>commerce ext\u00e9rieur<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(foreign trade) was still balanced, whereas with you as a President, it kept going skyrocketing.<\/li>\n<li>Your propositions will also affect\u00a0<strong><em>la dur\u00e9e l<strong><em>\u00e9gale du travail\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(the legal length of work.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">00:27:20 &#8211; 00:32:15<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sarkozy<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>You can try to criticize me for a lot of things, but not for assuming my responsibility, which is normal when one is a President of the Republic.<\/li>\n<li>If my\u00a0<strong>TVA\u00a0<\/strong>proposition is that bad, tell me why your\u00a0<strong><em>porte-parole\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(spokesperson) made it the main theme during the Socialists Primaries?<\/li>\n<li>I also don&#8217;t get it: You say\u00a0<strong>Germany<\/strong>\u00a0is doing better than we do, but we won&#8217;t be taking any of the measures that Germany took in order to succeed? Germans voted for the\u00a0<strong>TVA<\/strong>, and they also voted for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/idees\/article\/2012\/03\/26\/les-accords-competitivite-emploi-ou-la-fin-du-droit-du-travail_1674925_3232.html\"><em><strong>les<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/a><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/idees\/article\/2012\/03\/26\/les-accords-competitivite-emploi-ou-la-fin-du-droit-du-travail_1674925_3232.html\">accords comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9-emploi<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(the competitivity work agreements), which means that it is totally up to the employers and the employees to decide the salary and how much they want to work&#8212;unlike the law of\u00a0<strong><em>les 35 heures<\/em><\/strong>. That,\u00a0<strong><em>Monsieur\u00a0<\/em>Hollande<\/strong>, is called &#8220;trust.&#8221; That means a\u00a0<strong>modern economy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>And seriously, you&#8217;ve got some serious problems with counting. Aren&#8217;t you into accounting? I mean, you worked for\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccomptes.fr\/fr\/JF\/Accueil.html\">la Cour des comptes<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the Court of Audit), or not?\u00a0Ten years ago, when the Socialist\u00a0<strong>Lionel Jospin\u00a0<\/strong>was Prime Minister, the budget was in deficit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hollande<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Yes, I am from the\u00a0<strong>Court of Audit<\/strong>, and no, the budget was not in deficit. You will verify it yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sarkozy<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Why did you veto everything I proposed to promote\u00a0<strong>innovation\u00a0<\/strong>during the past five years<em>,\u00a0<\/em>and now come to us and say: &#8220;<em><strong>J&#8217;ai chang\u00e9 d&#8217;avis<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; (&#8220;I changed my mind&#8221;)! Do you know the only country that didn&#8217;t go through a trimester of\u00a0<strong>recession<\/strong>\u00a0before\u00a0<strong>2009<\/strong>? Well, that is France.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hollande<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>That&#8217;s amazing! From all the people in France, why are you the only one happy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sarkozy<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>That is an outright lie. You are shamelessly lying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hollande<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>When did I lie?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sarkozy<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>When you say that I was always happy about myself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hollande<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Ok, fine. My bad, you too are unhappy with your work. I was wrong!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sarkozy<\/strong><\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Monsieur\u00a0<\/em>Hollande<\/strong>, this is not a competition of\u00a0<strong><em>la petite blague\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(one-liner jokes)!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hollande<\/span>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>No, it&#8217;s not a joke, but I didn&#8217;t come here to be called a\u00a0<strong><em>menteur\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(liar) either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"329\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/544234_sans-titre-329x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/544234_sans-titre-329x350.jpg 329w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/05\/544234_sans-titre.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><p>Nicolas Sarkozy is a man of\u00a0contradictions: When a handful of delinquents welcomed him with rotten eggs at one of the Parisian\u00a0banlieues, he didn&#8217;t hesitate to call them\u00a0racailles\u00a0(scum.) 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