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Riots leave their mark on strained French economy [$$ Tally]
Taipei Times ^ | Nov 13, 2005

Posted on 11/12/2005 9:13:32 PM PST by ncountylee

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1 posted on 11/12/2005 9:13:34 PM PST by ncountylee
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30 percent of the trips booked to Paris at travel agencies in the US have been cancelled

That's going to leave a mark.

2 posted on 11/12/2005 9:15:19 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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"France is having increasing trouble getting its budget deficit below 3 percent of GDP"

Right...

They haven't had that much trouble because they haven't actually done it.


3 posted on 11/12/2005 9:22:14 PM PST by DB (©)
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Awwww,that's really too bad. I hate to see the French economy suffer.


4 posted on 11/12/2005 9:22:36 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen)
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Once and for all "Its not poverty its Islam" thats behind these here riots.

You fix their poverty and give Islam control of technologically advanced countries it will just mean they'll be stronger in their Jihad against the west.


5 posted on 11/12/2005 9:24:06 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: ncountylee

On top of that come 5,000 more teachers and 100 million euros for organizations in the troubled neighborhoods, 70,000 additional scholarships, vocational advancement programs, five new tax-free zones for investors, and so forth.




Sure,this will take care of it----of course it will! (sarcasm off)


6 posted on 11/12/2005 9:24:33 PM PST by Mears (The Killer Queen)
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And there was no looting as in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

I saw a picture of a trashed cyber cafe (near the Place de Republique). All the computers were gone. There was one broken monitor on the floor. I do not believe the claim of no looting.

I think some of the blogs out of France also dispute the no looting claim.

7 posted on 11/12/2005 9:26:21 PM PST by sockmonkey
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And there was no looting as in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

I saw a picture of a trashed cyber cafe (near the Place de Republique). All the computers were gone. There was one broken monitor on the floor. I do not believe the claim of no looting.

I think some of the blogs out of France also dispute the no looting claim.

I distinctly recall reading in the first week that there was looting. It's beyond the point where a guy has to jot down reported facts and watch for them to be left out later in the week's reporting.

8 posted on 11/12/2005 9:33:56 PM PST by Tactical
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According to French reports, up to 30 percent of the trips booked to Paris at travel agencies in the US have been cancelled since the riots.

Well, that is actually only 3 trips cancelled.

9 posted on 11/12/2005 9:37:39 PM PST by KarlInOhio (We were promised someone in the Scalia/Thomas mold. Let's keep it going with future nominees.)
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I watched a German news interview of a French guy, whose car was lit up. The guy had only liability insurance on the car. There is no one standing there to pay him back for the car being gone. He is extremely bitter about what they did and the fact that the French government rewarded them with 35 billion Euro of support....and he got nothing. He has a point...I'd be in Muslim neighborhoods...looking for payback.


10 posted on 11/12/2005 9:38:53 PM PST by pepsionice
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The direct losses due to the riots -- several hundred million euros -- are considerable but no greater than those caused by a serious storm. And there was no looting as in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

That must be because they burned everything worth looting.

11 posted on 11/12/2005 9:43:37 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease, especially in a socialist society that has a history of buying off its enemies (or surrendering to them).


12 posted on 11/12/2005 9:45:18 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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I would be tempted to look for those cars with the decals or Korans on the seat and bring a little payback to them. But that's just me...being me.


13 posted on 11/12/2005 9:45:35 PM PST by Tactical
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bttt


14 posted on 11/12/2005 9:46:13 PM PST by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: ncountylee

Well, I already had sufficient reason to not go back to France, but another reason is always ok. It's not all that great in terms of sightseeing anyway. Italy is much better.


15 posted on 11/12/2005 10:00:52 PM PST by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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Hey, if their Christmas travel is down, maybe they can make it up with Ramadan trips next year?


16 posted on 11/12/2005 10:07:40 PM PST by twntaipan (What did the comPost know? And when did they know it?)
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To: ncountylee

ya but the other 70% are the m people coming in brotherhood.


17 posted on 11/12/2005 10:33:12 PM PST by genghis
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Ah yes, all of those laws to "protect French jobs" really seem to have worked, eh Paleocons?


18 posted on 11/12/2005 10:34:08 PM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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More than two weeks of rioting by youths Muslims in France have left a mark on the country's less than shining economy.
19 posted on 11/12/2005 11:32:40 PM PST by upchuck (John Robinson abhors my avatar: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1510594/posts?page=30#30 :)
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UNREST: Although the direct losses due to the riots are relatively small, the collateral damage done to tourism and the country's image could be severe, analysts warn.

Really? The image I have always had of the French was of a bunch of ungrateful, whining, lazy, pompous, self-congratulating, cheese-eating surrender monkeys. You mean it might get worse than that?

Hey, guys, really...Mr. Frenchy Frenchman, you are the ones who double-dealed with Saddam under the table while he was killing innocents and starving his own people. You are the ones who tried to stop the US from punishing Saddam for the same crimes. You are the ones who were so sure that the biggest threat to your country was that big, mean old United States for diluting your Purity Of Essence with hamburgers and Micky Mouse...all the while you invited fanatical towelheads in to fill cheap housing and go on the dole. Could it be that "diversity", the four-day work week, and silly little berets can't protect you from young rioting Muslim punks who you don't have the guts to shoot?

20 posted on 11/12/2005 11:36:47 PM PST by 50sDad (Star Trek Tri-D Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
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