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To: Rb ver. 2.0
My GF bought a bottle of French Wine for $5.99 the other day.

It's hard to figure how the Frenchies can make a profit at that price.

13 posted on 09/13/2006 9:25:25 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate)
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To: NautiNurse

Subsidies?


14 posted on 09/13/2006 9:30:16 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: NautiNurse
It's hard to figure how the Frenchies can make a profit at that price.

Weak dollar against the euro, plus the French make a LOT of wine.

23 posted on 09/13/2006 9:51:06 AM PDT by Heyworth
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It's hard to figure how the Frenchies can make a profit at that price.

You could say that about their airliners too.

46 posted on 09/13/2006 11:52:51 AM PDT by wireman
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