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To: Alberta's Child
France is already socialist and used to paying taxes. They like it.
224 posted on 07/29/2003 5:41:04 AM PDT by Cacophonous
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To: Cacophonous
France is already socialist and used to paying taxes. They like it.

Actually, then don't. I read a recent article about the myth of the superior quality of life in Western Europe compared to the United States. The research they did showed a surprising result: Something like 70% of Americans were happy with their lives, while only slightly more than 20% of Western Europeans were happy with theirs.

It turns out that 32-hour work weeks, six weeks of paid vacations, guaranteed lifetime unemployment benefits, etc. don't make for very happy people -- in fact, this kind of crap produces a nation of malcontents who get six weeks of paid vacation but complain that they deserve twelve.

Something to think about.

229 posted on 07/29/2003 5:58:28 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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