France In A Bleak Mood

Straits Times ^ | October 13, 2003 | Tamara Thiessen

[Ex-Dem]

Can you say, schadenfreude?

[Support Free Republic]

"Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our
wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions,
they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
- John Adams -

Make your statement.

[null and void]

Jawhol, schadenfreude...

Looks like the loss of US tourism Dollars isn't helping the situation, either.

*snicker*

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Hmmm. Too bad.

[GeronL]

reality is catching up with them....

[Pamlico]

France in a bleak mood? I am sooo sorry. It could not happen to a nicer bunch of frogs. As for America, I would say we have never felt better.

[facedown]

Serves 'em right.

[LibWhacker]

GW should demand they give up their nukes because no third-world country should have nukes.

[SamAdams76]

Is France still in the wine business? I haven't had a drop of French wine in about a year and now that I know that California and Australia make far better (and cheaper) wine, why would I ever go back?

[Clara Lou]

I can say, "The best laid plans of mice (or the French) and men gang aft aglee."

[Clara Lou]

LOL! Good thought.

[Salvation]

**hell bent on continuing in that downward spiral.**

Letting their elderly die!

[Ex-Dem]

Yep, cry my a river and all that. Reminds me of an article I read a few months ago that had the greatest title ever. Something along the lines of "France On Bended Knee, Yankees Won't You Come Back Please."

[Welsh Rabbit]

All this, and they presume to lecture us on our way of doing things.

[grapeape]

This should be copied and pasted on every republican piece of literature we have. What is destroying France is the EXACT SAME THING that the dems want to push on us.

[litany_of_lies]

Not a word about Muslim immigration, rampant crime related to it, or anti-Semitism.

This is us in 25 years, guys, if we don't get a grip on immigration, Social Security, and Medicare.

[tet68]

The WEF highlighted 'infernal social regulations, repetitive strikes, and a debilitating fiscal system which hinder the competitiveness of French enterprises'.


The problem is often linked to heavily-taxed businesses, inflexible labour laws and a very costly but inefficient public sector, which employs one in four workers.


Thirty per cent of state workers are unionised and there is a strike nearly every month in public sectors.


Some blame the 35-hour work week for aggravating the productivity problem and generating a non-enterprising and anti-innovative mentality.


It is also costly - with 13.7 billion euros (S$27 billion) needed since 1999 to subsidise the work reduction and job creation.


The budget is also constrained by increasingly unaffordable pension, health-care and welfare systems.


Can you say "Socialism"?

They can't.

[Tacis]

I know how to fix them right up. Simply declare November to be SecondAugust and give them all the month off as a holiday. Then declare that no bathing/showering is permitted during a holiday month. Sure, the French economy will tank even further, but they'll all feel better about their smelly selves.

[Parley Baer]

And this is a country the liberals want us to look to as an example. That'll be the day. Parley