Posted on 11/18/2006 9:20:18 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
Do a quick check of hospital birthing rooms and see how many veils and head covers you see squeezing out all those kids.
Then cross reference that with a list of the most popular baby names.
What you learn should scare you.
France is doomed and it's going to happen in less than 50 years.
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Um, roller bearings are *not* supposed to be cheap crap. The French, Polish, and American plants are run by Timken, and each produce the exact same models of roller bearings. Yet the French ones consistently have problems. Why, perchance, do you think that is?
which corage no Frenche man hath like to the English man. It hath ben often seen in Englond that iii ir iv thefes, for povertie, have been hardy to robbe iii ot iv true men.
Wherefor it is right seid that few Frenchmen be hangyd for robbery, for that they have no hertys to do so terryble an acte.
There be therefor mo men hangyd in Eglnd in a yere, for robberye and manslaughter, than ther be hangid in Fraunce for such cause of crime in vii yers."
The birth of Britain, Winston S. Churchill, 1965 - A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
"Don't you know that france has outlawed hard work? Why would anyone think they would want to change now that welfare pays for everything?"
Was hard work ever allowed in France?
Actually, let's get real, a well educated citizen of France (In Arabic Tounge %¤¤#) would just laugh at us if we continued like this.
Instead, I think ineffecient Americans ought to ask themselves why they work like slaves and still can't afford the Porsche.
Several Europeans do not own a flashy car like a decent Porsche, but A GREAT DEAL OF US of us DO drive very nice Porsches, Audis, Volvos, Beamers etc.
The best selling car in the US?
The Toyota Camry.
Someone told me we eat well to...
Non c'e' un altro posto al mondo ORA
Che mi fa star meglio della mia cucina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you read the news you see that those cars are bought with borrowed money. France is borrowing to pay for payrolls, welfare and anything else. They are trying to borrow out of a financial bind. We all know the picture of the French guy taking a wheelbarrow of paper money to buy a loaf of bread in the 1930's. It's just a matter of time.
"I think your figures are wrong outdated."
Why?
Because you wish them to be?
I think more of argumentation is needed.
Put some effort into it.
Sorry, I accidentally managed to erase the word "or" in my quotation of your post.
Sorry, partner.
You wrote;
"I think your figures are wrong or outdated."
Gen. Webb: Kindly inform Major Heyward that he has little to fear from this General Marquis de Montcalm in the first place; and scant need of a colonial militia in the second because the French haven't the nature for war. Their Gallic laziness combines with their Latinate voluptuousness with the result that they would rather eat and make love with their faces than fight. link here
Why would I wish to purchase a Porsche? I share Master Jeremy Clarkson's opinion that Porsches are rehashed Volkswagens with the engines in the wrong end and an enormous pricetag attached.
That said, you might want to go check your numbers. Americans *can* afford Porsches, since WE BUY MORE OF THEM THAN ALL OF EUROPE COMBINED. And that is the case for most of the Euro makers - at least those that didn't get kicked out/laughed out/booed out of the US market.
"Instead, I think ineffecient Americans ought to ask themselves why they work like slaves and still can't afford the Porsche.
If you read the news you see that those cars are bought with borrowed money. France is borrowing to pay for payrolls, welfare and anything else. They are trying to borrow out of a financial bind. We all know the picture of the French guy taking a wheelbarrow of paper money to buy a loaf of bread in the 1930's. It's just a matter of time."
Eh..., I think there are one or two Americans around who're burdened with debts.
Am I wrong?
All right, what does this have to do with France?
...march in the shade.
LOL!
"Why would I wish to purchase a Porsche? I share Master Jeremy Clarkson's opinion that Porsches are rehashed Volkswagens with the engines in the wrong end and an enormous pricetag attached.
That said, you might want to go check your numbers. Americans *can* afford Porsches, since WE BUY MORE OF THEM THAN ALL OF EUROPE COMBINED. And that is the case for most of the Euro makers - at least those that didn't get kicked out/laughed out/booed out of the US market."
I guess this could very well be true. Many Americans are vreally rich.
I'm not denying the US GDP/Capita is a very high one.
However, It ought to be acknowledged that the productivity and efficiency of European Industry in terms of plain money making sets an example for all of Mankind.
I admire the US, don't get me wrong.
All right, what does this have to do with France?
Um, no. When adjusted for cost of living, both the US and Japan beat out most European countries.
By the way, why, if it's such a model of productivity and efficiency, are those two paragons of European industry Saab and Volvo now owned by AMERICAN companies because they couldn't make it on their own?
How much time have you spent in the US? Have you ever been anywhere save the coastlines?
Compared to a lot of Europeans, we *are* really rich.
Remember, they end up paying staggering amounts of tax. A significant percentage of the European populace cannot afford a car, because of the taxes and fees involved in owning even one; compare that with here, where even some of the poorest people have multiple automobiles.
I earn a decent living as a consultant, with a middle-class lifestyle. I own two very nice Jaguars and a battlewagon Jeep. A friend of mine from Oslo, Norway came to visit not long ago and he expressed surprise at my "wealth".
"Um, no. When adjusted for cost of living, both the US and Japan beat out most European countries.
By the way, why, if it's such a model of productivity and efficiency, are those two paragons of European industry Saab and Volvo now owned by AMERICAN companies because they couldn't make it on their own?"
Correction: The PERSONAL VEHICLE divisions of SAAB and Volvo were bought by GM and (respectively) Ford.
Anyhow, what are you talking about? Productivity was never the problem in the case of Volvo and SAAB selling these divisions. Coping with small series in connection with huge development costs on the other hand, WAS a common dilemma to both of these former divisions of Volvo/SAAB.
Let's return to the original question in this manner;
What kind of money does GM/Ford make on a car produced on American soil?
Something like - 1000 dollars
A SAAB/Volvo produced in Europe?
around + 1000 dollars
Japan is too small and the US is too sparsely populated in order to compete with a fully integrated European industrial apparatus.
On the other hand, Europe is very heterogeneous and that is something that could prove to be disadvantageous in terms of reaching maximum levels of productivity.
"I guess this could very well be true. Many Americans are really rich
How much time have you spent in the US? Have you ever been anywhere save the coastlines?"
No, I've been to Florida. That was in the early 1990's.
Florida was at that time considered to be a pretty rich part of the US.
I saw very little of affluence even in a "well off" part of Miami like for instance "Coral Gables", but the people were extremely friendly and open everywhere.
I handed out 20 and 50 dollar bills for tips at different places and I remember the recipients staring at these bills like they'd never seen green before.
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