3 Strikes And You’re Out Sarkozy!

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is facing adamant opposition to his plans to raise the retirement age in his country from 60 to 62…and the Frenchies are furious and taking to the streets! However, this move is symptomatic of a much larger trend going on all across Europe (and perhaps all of the ‘rich’ Western counties): that trend is towards austerity! With record budget deficits, bloated bureaucracies, and over-extended social benefit programs, there is a seismic shift towards changing the size and role of government in the western capitalist democracies of France, Germany, the UK aa well as the PIGS….and this shift will even be affecting future politics and policies in the good ol’ U S of A! Get awakened to the age of austerity my plaid friends!