The higher the US tariffs on french cheese and wine, the less we will be able to buy. Every saturday night, mandatory barbecue for ev-ery-one : lukewarm Budweiser and T-bone steaks, made in small America, I mean Texas. No more tasty subtleties of cheese parties. No more Burgundy sampling. And it will last the time Trump will be in power, four years, height, twelve or whatever …
Unless we come to settle in France ! Because there, we will always have the choice between a grilled Charolais T-bone and a cheese party with some Roquefort, Camembert, Maroilles, Cancoillotte, Reblochon, Salers, Tomme from the mountains. And for both, some red wine from Burgundy.
But in Europe, you know, they’re all a bit communist. If you’re on social security (and for that you just have to work) you don’t pay for your health care or for (almost) all your medications. Gasoline is more expensive than in the United States but not train travels, because in Europe they’re trying to slow down global warming. In Europe the press is still free, internet is regulated and nobody tries to highjack newspapers. Abortion is allowed, all children are wanted, no bad surprises. In France, for example, it’s a medical act refunded by the social security and a civil right enshrined in the Constitution for women to « dispose of their own bodies. »
Grass’s always greener on the other side… of the Atlantic, or the Erie lake, or the Rio grande, on the south bank of the.. Mexico Gulf. American dream is going down. Why don’t you expat ? Take the test on expatsi.com .