The French Are Miserable

I sure hope this doesn't apply to Prosper. Got the link from here.

The French are more miserable than at any time since records began, a new survey has revealed.

Well that explains why my French trolls are so pissed off!

Soaring inflation, unemployment and widespread dis-satisfaction with their daily lives have plunged the nation to historic low of gloominess, researchers found.

The study into happiness levels in French households showed that on a scale of plus 100 points for "total contentment" to minus 100 for "utter misery", the average French man and woman scored "minus 37".

But Prosper has told me many times how great life in France is what with the "free" healthcare, 35 hour workweek, 6 weeks of vacation, and job security. Why are the French so miserable? Oh yeah. Soaring inflation and high unemployment. What high unemployment? Prosper told me it was around 7.5%. I guess that's low for France but it is severe recession level for us. The Dims and the LSM are screaming about out 5.1% rate being bad but back in 1996 when it was around 5.1% they were praising Bill Clinton for keeping it so low. Media bias? Nahhh!

The national outbreak of despair has coincided with a separate survey that found Nicolas Sarkozy is also one of the most unpopular Presidents in history, with just 32 per cent of people saying they like him.

That's because he's trying to do sumpin' about the high unemployment and soaring inflation. The French don't want to take the steps to fix their economy.

But despite the national gloom Mr Sarkozy's wife, former model Carla Bruni was not a bit miserable as she smiled for the cameras during a state visit to Tunisia today.

Well, yeah. She's a babe!

"But rising inflation and unemployment, interest rates, privatisations and public sector job cuts are clearly making people very depressed about what is happening in France."

The depressing findings were released yesterday, just one day after Sarkozy unveiled a major new drive to kick-start the ailing French economy - after saying the country had been "asleep for 25 years".

Good luck Nick. You're gonna need it. What the hell. You may fail at fixing the economy, but you do have a wife who's a babe. Look at Bill Clinton. He has Thunder Rodent Thighs.

Posted by denny at April 29, 2008 07:35 PM  Category: French Bashing