This is just great. French President Nicolas Sarkozy spent £250,000 on a shower using taxpayers money... and he didn't even use it!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8329425.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8329425.stm
Sarkozy's £250,000 shower
Sounds typical. Next thing we're probably going to hear about a girlfriend/s lurking around. Must be horrifying for the people of Europe to know that someone like that is ultimately in charge of finances.
Reminds me of the time when our president decided to install a golden loo for Queen of England, when she visited Lithuania.
| Phinx wrote: |
| Reminds me of the time when our president decided to install a golden loo for Queen of England, when she visited Lithuania. |
glad to see the US isn't the only country blowing loads of money on stupid crap
Technically, every taxpayer in Europe (some 250m) put a bit of money into the shower. I paid for it!
| lagoon wrote: |
| Technically, every taxpayer in Europe (some 250m) put a bit of money into the shower. I paid for it! |
Have a Lisbon treaty referendum more like!
Well at least it's good to know where Europe's tax money goes.
Back here in the US, I have no idea where my tax money goes!
Back here in the US, I have no idea where my tax money goes!
| Nick2008 wrote: |
| Well at least it's good to know where Europe's tax money goes.
Back here in the US, I have no idea where my tax money goes! |
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Back here in the US, I have no idea where my tax money goes! |
Neither does the government, apparently:
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The federal government cannot account for $24.5 billion spent in 2003. |
That's a lot to just slip through the cracks with no trace.
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Neither does the government, apparently:
That's a lot to just slip through the cracks with no trace. |
The 1-trillion that was voted at the beginning of the year was also not that very specific either in exactly where it went to, which banks have been bailed out, to which tune, and how it will be repaid. By the looks of things on the stock exchange all of those banks should be able to repay their loans by now, and I wonder whether they will, unless it is according to some special agreement that gave them lots of time to repay, whether they have managed to make a lot of money or not. With their size I would imagine that they have compartmentalized the debt, and whether they make lots of money on the stock exchange is something completely separate. The system as it is with Government is one where there is no transparency at all and it would appear that the objective of making loans available to those people in the street who badly needed it was a secondary one.When asked about why he chose the $1bn figure, didn't he reply 'It's just a really, really big number'?
| jabce85 wrote: |
| glad to see the US isn't the only country blowing loads of money on stupid crap |
The US government are the professionals though.
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| The federal government cannot account for $24.5 billion spent in 2003 |
They did not give one penny of it to me.
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They did not give one penny of it to me. |
Which is a shame considering that's enough to give every man, woman, and child in the USA $80...
Enough to give every person in the world more than $3.00, which would make quite an impact in very poor countries...
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But where DID the money go? Maybe someone just picked up a few millions and lost them along the way?
But yes, the US government is the professional in terms of tracking money.
"Golden" banks sounds like a great idea, if the bank is about to go bankrupt, just give a chunk of the wall away to receive some more revenue!
But yes, the US government is the professional in terms of tracking money.
"Golden" banks sounds like a great idea, if the bank is about to go bankrupt, just give a chunk of the wall away to receive some more revenue!
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| But where DID the money go? |
I would imagine next in line after health insurance will be unemployment insurance?
What the hell! The shower must be the size of a house to be that bloody expensive. Maybe it rains the fountain of youth water?
Politicians who start treating their job as a way of life, instead of a job, MUST be voted out
Politicians who start treating their job as a way of life, instead of a job, MUST be voted out
| rayz0r wrote: |
| What the hell! The shower must be the size of a house to be that bloody expensive. Maybe it rains the fountain of youth water?
Politicians who start treating their job as a way of life, instead of a job, MUST be voted out |
Why? Lets face it, politics is a job for most of those that practice it nowadays.
a shower that costs 250000 sterling?
Maybe its a golden shower!
Maybe its a golden shower!
| menino wrote: |
| a shower that costs 250000 sterling?
Maybe its a golden shower! |
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