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Send 'em packing

2010-09-10
Something very good could come from France's decision to deport Roma who have failed to integrate into society. If the French can get away with targeting a single group of (alleged) troublemakers, perhaps the Czechs could do it too. Now, now, we're not talking about expelling any Czech Roma. No, we're talking about a much more insidious group - politicians, and the entrenched bureaucrats who put crazy ideas into their heads. Many of them simply aren't integrating into Czech society. Most Czechs are prepared to make some sacrifices in these difficult times, but they want to see those at the top set an example. Instead, these people are making deals with the devil, passing a budget that preaches austerity but oozes pork, fixing one bad tax by imposing another bad tax, and requiring school children to get Opencards. Of course each deportation would have to be judged individually, but many of the vagabonds in charge could justifiably be sent back to Romania, Bulgaria or wherever their morality came from. [Czech Republic Gypsy]