So, my liberal friends say we should be more like France, is this a good thing?

Question

Clusters of migrant workers mount the train’s crowded carriages, leaving their families and filing across the border to work at jobs more plentiful and lucrative than at home.

These hungry young men and women are not from lands riven by war or financial ruin, but from France — one of the world’s richest countries, and straining to stay that way.

"Does this mean France is becoming Europes Mexico"?

Planksheer, you post proof you know squat about France. They even control the names you can give your kids. Move there and they fingerprint you and give you a police card, best not to be caught without it.

Been there, know that.

Answer 1

France is a perfect living example of why socialism doesn't work. Look at the unemployment rate in France. The crime rate. The riots. The surrender first attitude of the government.

Answer 2

Yes, sir, France definitely needs their own version of Ronald Reagan - a man who, when elected to president, had already slipped so far into dementia that, confusing real life with his movies, he claimed to have been at the liberation of Auschwitz.

Americans are always mocking the French, yet they work far fewer hours than most other industrialized nations. Obviously, there are some problems with this system, as evidenced by the current riots, but it's great in theory as there are direct links between worker health and decreased working hours. Economists say that the 35 hour work week has cost France $13 million a year, but I have to wonder how that figure would be altered if the costs of increased health and overall satisfaction were factored in.

Perhaps what we should be most interested in exemplifying is France's medical system, which is a unique mixture of public and private. The French system provides universal coverage and offers high-quality care. Most intriguingly, France spends 9.1% of its GDP on its obviously superior system of health care, compared to the 13.4% spent by the U.S.

No nation is perfect - but the world could be closer to it if we would all get past of our stupid little arguments about how much cooler our country is than another.

"The problem with being number one is that you're always worried about staying number one. In some things, it's great to be about number six. Sweden is really happy with itself; you don't see the Swedish having to go to war to prove they're the greatest country in the world."

Answer 3

The French are seething with anger and resentment that their supposedly superior culture has been eclipsed by the English and German speaking barbarians. Well, to France I say, "I spit on your inferior Chardonnay".

The French would never dilute their wine, but they sure have diluted their gene pool. How can French culture survive such a huge influx of foreigners who have no interest in assimilating?

There are 175 designated places into which the French police do not venture, due to the danger they would face from Muslim residents. Can you imagine the USA ceding control of parts of the country because we can no longer control it from backwards savages?

How about jobs? French businesses don't want to hire anyone because they must sign a contract that is practically like a marriage contract. Once you hire someone, it's hell getting rid of them. And work hours? The French have tons of free time, holidays, and vacation. (oh whoops...... I'd like that too. Oh well, at least I'm being fair to the French).

The French used to burn Spanish trucks carrying fruits and vegetables because they couldn't compete with the price. Nice attitude.

The French have no problems selling weapons to rogue states like Iran. In sharp contrast, a U.S. weapons contractor must get approval to sell, and those contracts are scrutinized so hard that the deal often takes years to complete. The French? Heck, they'd probably sell anti-aircraft missiles to you or me. No problem.

Yeah, France is going downhill. Maybe somewhere in their country they have their own version of Ronald Reagan, and boy do they ever need him!

Answer 4

France would not even be a democracy if we didn't bail them out of two world wars.

Answer 5

Well if we give up/surrender in the war on terror we're halfway there. I think France surrendered before the war started.

Answer 6

Well, since France is building more clean-energy nuclear reactors and they have absolutely little air pollution...?

I'd say that would be a good start.

Answer 7

Godly Reality has got it down to a tee... France like the USA only acts in it's own self interest, has an opinion of itself that no one else shares..... like the USA, hates difference..... like the USA and has a corrupt administration.. like the USA.

anymore smartass comments?

Answer 8

That started with the wine industry going bad. It was a major export.

Answer 9

I just spent 3 weeks in France and there is nothing that I saw from talking with its citizens that would corroborate this fact less claim of yours. Is this Bill O' Liely?

Answer 10

I doubt very seriously you have ever been there. It is a wonderful country. Italy is wonderful too and the US has an over rated opinion of its self. In both of these countries I do not sense any fear my own government would spy on me, restrict my rights of privacy or have the right to arrest me arbitrarily and they have been dealing with terrorists for years and are far more connected to other nations, cultures, and languages.
On average I find the French to be more polite, better educated, somewhat thinner and better dressed than an average American. This question only reflects the ignorance of many Americans who don't travel, don't read and have little knowledge of the greater world beyond what is spoon fed to them.
These prejudices are baseless. You might travel there sometime and see for your self.