Mission Impossible: Escape from Europe

Mission Impossible: Escape from Europe


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By GEORGE JAHN, Associated Press Writer – Mon Apr 19, 3:27 pm ET

"VIENNA – Stranded travelers are piling into buses, trains and high-
priced taxis in a frantic scramble to accomplish an increasingly
tricky mission: Escape from Europe...

....A German rental agency on Sunday was asking more than 1,000 euros —
close to $1,400 — for a car one-way from Belgrade, Serbia, to Munich,
while another firm demanded 1,850 euros ($2,500) for a Madrid to
Brussels rental. In Stockholm, Magnus Klintback, a spokesman for the
Swedish firm Taxi Kurir, said about 50 clients had willingly paid
prices of up to 34,000 kronor — nearly $5,000 — to different European
destinations from which they had a chance to fly home..."

These Europeans like to preach to Americans about their
"compassionate" Socialism in Europe but when push comes to shove that
"compassion" seems to disappear while the opportunism of that old
capitalist "greed" seems to surface.

Think they learned that from Americans?

Tis PJ Odonovan wrote:

These Europeans like to preach to Americans about their
"compassionate" Socialism in Europe but when push comes to shove that
"compassion" seems to disappear while the opportunism of that old
capitalist "greed" seems to surface.

Think they learned that from Americans?

Of course. Why do you ask?