[BJClinton]

she enjoyed her weekdays at the movies and museums so much she might quit her job as a loan company manager rather than work more hours.

That pretty much sums up socialism.

[2banana]

"French are working less than others, 1,561 hours a year, or 20 percent less than Americans," Sylvain Charat, director of Policy Studies for the French think tank Eurolibnetwork pointed out in a Tech Central Station

article last September. "Furthermore not enough French are at work: 61 percent compared to 72 percent in the United States. And finally French work costs are 20 percent higher than the European Union average before enlargement, and 40 percent higher than the United States."

What the French do have is high standards for filing lawsuits so that their economy is not dragged down by an out of control legal system. One of the huge weights holding the American economy back...

[ClaireSolt]

I think our balance of payments deficits would improve with better policies in Europe and Japan. We have been carrying economic recovery on our backs.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Avoir Travail!

[Owl558]

The more you make the more they take. Opressive tax policies take the incentive out of hard work. It is socialism at its lethargic finest.

I particularly liked the woman who threatened to quit her job rather than have to work more that 35-hours. That says it all right there!