Would you let this guy run the economy?

whiteonion

Would you trust this guy to run the country's economy in a good way? http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressData/Pics/photoGallery/%7B1c766236-c8ab-4fd8-8d2d-183576204bc5%7D.jpg I heard he was great at running an economy, among the best in Europe in fact.

phasers

no, he is clearly a hippie.

whiteonion

phasers wrote: »

no, he is clearly a hippie.

Do you know who he is?

admiralofthefleet

where's teller?

Absurdum

he looks like he runs a brothel

blah

Yes, definitely.

red menace

whiteonion wrote: »

Would you trust this guy to run the country's economy in a good way? http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressData/Pics/photoGallery/%7B1c766236-c8ab-4fd8-8d2d-183576204bc5%7D.jpg I heard he was great at running an economy, among the best in Europe in fact.

Looks like he is suffering for a Vitamin D deficiency to me so no

blah

blah wrote: »

Yes, definitely.

Which economy?

OutlawPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeWLZ0AHXxA

phasers

whiteonion wrote: »

Do you know who he is?

No.

Should I?

whiteonion

phasers wrote: »

No.

Should I?

Europe has alot to learn from him http://www.epp.eu/news.asp?artid=1081&fullview=1

galwayrush

I have a pony tail, can i be leader?:pac:

Banjaxed82

Wasn't he in Status Quo?

chucken1

I'd like this guy :D:D

Absurdum

he looks like this dirty fecker

http://www.rte.ie/news/2003/0119/allen.html

(not harney)

chucken1

whiteonion wrote: »

Europe has alot to learn from him http://www.epp.eu/news.asp?artid=1081&fullview=1

Yes!!! I do believe Borg can help us! :P

Nodin

chucken1 wrote: »

I'd like this guy :D:D

Tough, because soon it'll be this guy.

amacca

No, he looks like the sort of guy that might wear a tighter leather suit on the weekend and be into things like frying his own genitals.

Nodin

amacca wrote: »

No, he looks like the sort of guy that might wear a tighter leather suit on the weekend and be into things like frying his own genitals.

Still an improvement on the last lot, considering the state of the nations rectum....

deathrider

whiteonion wrote: »

Do you know who he is?

Is he from a cheesy vampire movie?

amacca

Nodin wrote: »

Still an improvement on the last lot, considering the state of the nations rectum....

Indeed

We will need a prolapse specialist at the end of this.

TeddyTedson

I've seen him before OP who is he? It's on the tip of my tongue, so annoying!!

TheZohanS

Anders Borg; Swedish Minister for Finance.

Mapsis

On a serious note!!
This guy, Borg (pronounced in sveedish as BORE-EE) is the next clown on the conveyor belt. He's been lauded in the Financial media for how the country of sweden is going against all the trends and posting huge (by western standards) growth figures and a large surplus in the swedish yearly budget. He's generally a campaigner for tighter regulation in the countries in the EU that are not looking so good fiscally.
Wasnt our dear old government and banks being held up in the mid 2000's as the "shining light"...and the example to everyone else.......well..Sweden and Borg are in that "light" at the moment!

What the real truth of the subject is, is that Sweden is having itself a good old fashioned housing bubble (a few years after us cutting edge and trend settling paddys) just like the one their near neighbours had in Denmark coupled with massive de-regulation of their markets and wholesale selling of their coveted monopolies- Apoteket the one thats most visible for Swedes living day to day. This coupled with high commodity prices for what they have (they are not oz or canada now people) and the fact that they are probably the only country in europe left with an "A" at all in their credit rating, which is resulting in a good deal of inward investment into meatball processing and elk hunting and blondie hair dye (cause swedes are brunettes-finland and norway for blondes)...and the likes.

Sweden has MASSIVE tax breaks for people who have mortgages. There is a 30% tax break on the mortgage interest and the rate you pay is continually negotiable (for certain customers-75%) and they think nothing about taking out a mortgage that wont be paid off till they are 90years old. thats correct..up to a 60 year term.
I'm not gonna explain why they allow the 60 years but its bsaed on the fact they are not pigs for land like we are here where we all dream about being farmers* but they know that when they are retiring they will sell their house and move to something smaller

So Bore-ee...enjoy the limelight while it lasts.....and your ponytail!!!

*nothing against farming. its a noble trade and I, like many, come from a history of it.

TeddyTedson

TheZohan wrote: »

Anders Borg; Swedish Minister for Finance.

Why have I seen him before, what would it have been?

ascanbe

Also, Sweden isn't a member of the single currency. Different circumstances altogether.

Jumpy

Nodin wrote: »

Tough, because soon it'll be this guy.

Wen?

Jumpy

Hu would do that anyway.

casey junior

Is he the boyo who was running the Ponzi scheme in Donegal and robbed the gypsies of millions?
He should be awarded the Nobel Prize for Cuteness and get the Finance Ministers job.

Orando Broom

Resistance is taxed at 83% under his regime and is, as a result, futile.

iPlop

TheZohan wrote: »

Locutus of Borg ,Swedish Minister for Finance.

That's better

bungler

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Why have I seen him before, what would it have been?

A bad 80's porno