[SunkenCiv]

Thanks EBH. Next-gen won’t back ‘em, not after what’s going to happen. One way or another, either the riots stop, or the whole county will tear itself apart, leaving no one with any kind of retirement. All over a change of two years.

During the Reagan years here in the US, there was a union drive in Europe to force the gov’ts in at least a couple of countries to redefine full-time as 30 hours a week with no net pay cut. The ridiculous claim was, it would boost employment, when obviously the reverse is true.

[EBH]

French Senate OKs Retirement Reform in Tense Vote
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10/22/world/europe/AP-EU-France-Retirement-Strikes.html?_r=1&src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Findex.jsonp

PARIS (AP) — The French Senate, pushed into an early vote, approved on Friday a hotly contested bill raising the retirement age to 62, hours after riot police forced the reopening of a strategic refinery to help halt growing fuel shortages amid nationwide strikes and protests.

In tense balloting after 140 hours of debate, the Senate voted 177-153 for the pension reform. The measure is expected to win final formal approval by both houses of parliament next week.

[Erasmus]

During the Reagan years here in the US, there was a union drive in Europe to force the gov’ts in at least a couple of countries to redefine full-time as 30 hours a week with no net pay cut. The ridiculous claim was, it would boost employment, when obviously the reverse is true.

Simultaneous with the French protestors, I saw a gaggle of young Germans demonstrating for the same thing at the Sindelfingen (Kreis Stuttgart) town hall.