Posted on 10/20/2010 9:26:50 AM PDT by EBH
The French Government runs the entire Pension system, so the answer to your question is 'yes'.
The French Government runs the entire Pension system, so the answer to your question is 'yes'.
Same as the U.S.!!
Thank you very much for that info, Joe.
Just send in the French Legionaires. Rioting will end, it won’t end pretty, but it will end.
When you take into consideration the compensation they are given for the actual WORK they do for the country, then yes, I would say it does amount to welfare in most cases...
Not a chance in he...ck.
THe Légion étrangère is Army and the memories of the failed coup attempt in the 60s are fresh for too many.
Just like here, a “riot” is playtime for teenagers and young people. They get a chance to get all the mischief out.
Send in the Kepi Blancs.
This is not just a bunch of kids causing trouble. The trouble is too widespread. Are they at meltdown stage? No yet.
Not yet.
>>Are they at meltdown stage? No yet.<<
How about next month? Or Friday?
Shoot them. It worked for the Aussies.
These are just sparks...
The sad fact is that neither of these actions nor a combination of the two will actually take place.
We are faced with either a mind blowing inflation or total or partial repudiation of both state and national debts which would not be legal but will happen, in any event. We can only hope that after government takes this drastic action it will return to a real asset based currency and bar further artificial creation of money via a Federal Bank.
The only choice is to eliminate *millions* of government bureaucrat employee positions which will reduce the size of government dramatically.
In addition, those government employees left working will have their wages reduced to at or near minimum wage for the privilege of serving the people. No more government life long bureaucrat careers. Serve 3 years, then out.
Furthermore, the millions government employees, who are currently retired, will have their lottery style government pensions dramatically reduced, in many cases up to 50 percent reductions across the board.
I fail to understand the point of the French strikes.
Over here in Sweden, we are critical of our government too, but we don’t view ridiculous strikes as a solution to anything.
What do unions and their manifestations actually accomplish?
In what way have unions contributed to my life?
Every mmajor city used to have a CRS detachment stationed there, don’t know if this is still true.
Remember spring 1968 and the Paris riots ? CRS fixed that rather quickly once they were turned loose.
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