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1 posted on 06/27/2012 1:38:18 AM PDT by Cincinna
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To: Cincinna; afraidfortherepublic; mojo114; seenenuf; LucyT; Think free or die; DollyCali; ...

The French get a minimum of five weeks paid vacation. Of course, in this time of crisis, very few can actually go on vacation. So they just don't go to work and stay home.   

 It used to be, back in the day, that a family with one or two wage earners could afford a second home, and take actual vacation trips.  

It has never sunk in that if people  don't work, nothing gets produced, You cannot run a modern economy with five week vacations and closing down the entire country for the month of August. 

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2 posted on 06/27/2012 1:42:08 AM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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Considering the Occupy and 99-week unemployment loafers here in the States, I don’t think we’re in a position to bitch about the French.

The US needs a good workman’s kick in the ass. To Hell with the entitlement crowd. Those self-serving jackwagons are destroying all that is good with America — dag namit!


3 posted on 06/27/2012 1:53:42 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your damn Change!)
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To: Cincinna

I say another few years France will be an Islamic state. Muzzies are probably laughing at each other “Can you believe how easy this is?”


4 posted on 06/27/2012 2:07:34 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Some day our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: Cincinna
This is the way the free world ends,
this is the way the free world ends.
Not with a bang nor whimper,
but a party before the surrender.
5 posted on 06/27/2012 2:23:46 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("Like Bill did Monica Lewinsky, Obama is "Riding Dirty" on America.!")
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To: Cincinna

Ze French.....ptoooey....iz wat I sez.

Hag 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

The wanton nature of socialism....even more than enough is not enough to satisfy....basic human rights ya know.


6 posted on 06/27/2012 2:26:23 AM PDT by Puckster
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To: Cincinna
Some Russian expat once posted elswhere that the French taxation is the reason. Whatever one earns, the progressive income tax limits monthly income to 1 500 euros.

I doubt anyone would work extra time in such situation.

8 posted on 06/27/2012 4:04:44 AM PDT by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Cincinna

Do they still have the 35 hour work week? Forcing employers to pay for 40 hours of work while getting only 35 hours worth in return can’t be good for an economy.

The socialists have, in large measure, attained every pipe-dream they had in the 60s. Unfortunately, the economic model that views the primary purpose of companies as employers and providers of generous benefits kind of side-steps reality.


9 posted on 06/27/2012 4:15:16 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Cincinna

Heck...I could “settle” for a three week vacation....let alone FIVE!!!!!LOL

Where do I apply?!!!


10 posted on 06/27/2012 4:23:25 AM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: Cincinna
I used to consult for an optics company that sold eyeglass frames and lenses.

90%+ of the best frames are made in Italy. Back then, the factories would be completely shut down in July and August so no new frames were shipped. Only what was already stocked in US warehouses.

If frames were ordered in July, it could take until September to get one that wasn't in stock. Sometimes you wouldn't get them at all after being promised for months. That would make everyone down the line look bad. Even more ridiculous is that you could not order many of the most popular sunglasses by mid-summer. Everyone lost lots of business because of the closures.

Naturally, most of the cheaper frames are now being made in China to Italian specs. Most are in now stock and there is much less of a “lost summer” for optics retailers. I'm sure those who ran the factories in Italy feel stupid now...

12 posted on 06/27/2012 5:19:51 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: Cincinna

New vacation rule this year.

If during your vacation, you get sick enough to see a doctor, you are now allowed additional vacation time equal to the convalescent time.


16 posted on 06/27/2012 6:55:37 AM PDT by gandalftb (The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
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To: Cincinna

so, Obama’s really French ?


17 posted on 06/27/2012 10:20:11 AM PDT by stylin19a (Obama - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
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