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France getting froggy
March 21, 2023, 09:55 AM
Sig2340France getting froggy
https://twitter.com/ChuckCalle.../1637981999972380672Twitbedded won't work for some reason.
Basically round two of riots against Macron.
Nice is overrated
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March 21, 2023, 10:14 AM
Patrick-SP2022It seems to be working for me.
Were you getting some kind of error?
https://twitter.com/ChuckCalle.../1637981999972380672
March 21, 2023, 10:51 AM
71 TRUCKDoes this have to do with France raising the retirement age from 62 to 64?
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NRA Life Member March 21, 2023, 10:53 AM
cslingerUmmm the French riot if the baguettes aren’t crusty enough.
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March 21, 2023, 11:10 AM
Pipe Smoker^^^^^^^^
Good point.
Don’t argue with fools. March 21, 2023, 11:11 AM
220-9erI don't care for the way he's pushed the retirement age through but the French (and a lot of others) also have to understand basic math.
All these social and benefit programs can't continue to be paid out of thin air.
We have similar problems with Social Security, much due to adding benefits that weren't there when it was designed, people are living longer and the population not increasing at the same rate as in the past.
Even so, ours has much higher age requirements and it still needs some work to kick the can down the road.
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March 21, 2023, 11:25 AM
Chris42I think it does have to do with raising the retirement age.
As a related aside -
Has anyone recently listened to the French National Anthem?
It has to do with “making heads roll”.
If you are not familiar with it a good rendition can be found here:
https://youtu.be/7MQ-SC9bmp4oIt includes English subtitles.
Called La Marseillaise, sung by Mirelle Mathieu
“Inspirational” is a word that comes to mind when I listen to it.
March 21, 2023, 11:34 AM
Russ59Yeah, I don't know if they're rioting because the retirement age will go 62 to 64.....or they're pissed he circumvented the legislature to get it done.
My wife, daughter and MIL land in Paris later this week. Ought to be fun.
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March 21, 2023, 11:38 AM
stoic-onequote:
I don't know if they're rioting because the retirement age will go 62 to 64.....or they're pissed he circumvented the legislature to get it done.
Based on the reporting, seems to bit both.
March 21, 2023, 11:50 AM
Mars_AttacksSo, instead of being lazy parasites for 62 years before they retire and do even more nothing, they will have to do nothing for two more years before they can do less nothing?
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March 21, 2023, 12:12 PM
HRKquote:
Originally posted by stoic-one:
quote:
I don't know if they're rioting because the retirement age will go 62 to 64.....or they're pissed he circumvented the legislature to get it done.
Based on the reporting, seems to bit both.
I was going to say, little column A, a lot of column B.
However, if the laws of France permit a ruler to decree these things, then they need to change the laws and probably their ruler.
March 21, 2023, 12:58 PM
P220 SmudgeFrance had a somewhat exciting governmental change some time back that ended badly for a lot of people. I wonder if there's still enough fire in their veins to do the same now? The popular version goes that it was over bread prices. Retirement is nearly as big a deal to some people.
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March 21, 2023, 01:03 PM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by 220-9er:
I don't care for the way he's pushed the retirement age through but the French (and a lot of others) also have to understand basic math.
All these social and benefit programs can't continue to be paid out of thin air.
We have similar problems with Social Security, much due to adding benefits that weren't there when it was designed, people are living longer and the population not increasing at the same rate as in the past.
Even so, ours has much higher age requirements and it still needs some work to kick the can down the road.
Socialists are never good at practical math.
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March 21, 2023, 01:05 PM
V-Tailquote:
Originally posted by cslinger:
Ummm the French riot if the baguettes aren’t crusty enough.
Let them eat cake.
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Balzé Halzéquote:
Originally posted by HRK:
quote:
Originally posted by stoic-one:
quote:
I don't know if they're rioting because the retirement age will go 62 to 64.....or they're pissed he circumvented the legislature to get it done.
Based on the reporting, seems to bit both.
I was going to say, little column A, a lot of column B.
However, if the laws of France permit a ruler to decree these things, then they need to change the laws and probably their ruler.
I'd say you have that backwards. They're much more pissed about the raising of the retirement age than how it was raised. I assure you, if they went through the normal legislative process and raised the age anyway, they'd still be rioting just as hard.
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