Barry Dauphin
2007-05-25 06:12:58
The issue isn’t as simple as the US chooses to work more and France less.
The French generally want more benefits with less work. They want an outcome without a sound method of maintaining it. OK work less, but then accept a lower income and fewer benefits. The French don’t want the tradeoff. The philosophy is–Let them eat cake (and have it too).
That kind of mindset also fuels a lot of shady dealing in the Middle East and Africa as a means of bringing home the bacon, which the French nationals wish to eat but not earn.
