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The current unemployment rate will be going up again...
1 posted on 07/02/2006 9:31:06 PM PDT by george76
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This is right on the heels of their airline tax for the poor funneled through the UN.

This should be pretty cool. I've never seen a country self-destruct via democracy before.

2 posted on 07/02/2006 9:32:42 PM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
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The current unemployment rate will be going up again

They can't fire people ..

More like going out of business

4 posted on 07/02/2006 9:37:38 PM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE&search=Democrats)
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Hard to say which will collapse first, France or Zimbabwe.


5 posted on 07/02/2006 9:38:05 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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$10.39? That's ridiculously high. Also 17% over four years far exceeds inflation.

It should be $5.15 in 1997 dollars, adjusted for inflation, IMO...which would make it about $6.20 today.


7 posted on 07/02/2006 9:42:40 PM PDT by Heartofsong83
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The 3.05 percent increase will boost the hourly minimum wage to $10.39...a raise that will apply to 2.5 million workers.

I predict 1/3 of 2.5 million will be unemployed with 6 months and another 1/4 of the 2/3 left after a year !


12 posted on 07/02/2006 9:56:37 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK ( have long feared that my sins would return to visit me and the cost would be more than I could bear)
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I'll bet that will help the unemployment rate (not.)

Idiots.


13 posted on 07/02/2006 10:00:01 PM PDT by RichardW
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That will boost the number of jobs for teens for sure!


14 posted on 07/02/2006 10:06:34 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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The only reason France hasn't completely imploded economically is that someone else pays for and provides all its military protection.
This has allowed them for decades to pull this crap.
But I'd say within 20 years, even thats not going to be enough to save them.



16 posted on 07/02/2006 10:13:01 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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Soccer is France's only hope now.


17 posted on 07/02/2006 10:14:13 PM PDT by HarmlessLovableFuzzball
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Great idea to jumpstart a sluggish economy with a sky high unemployment rate.

With an unemployment rate of close to 11% why not? Unemployed people don't collect any wages, let alone minimum, they just stay on the dole.


19 posted on 07/02/2006 10:20:25 PM PDT by Cincinna (HILLARY & HER HINO WANT TO TAKE OVER YOUR COUNTRY !)
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The French standard work week is 35 hours, they take 13 weeks of vacation, and they raise the minimum wage again? Why not raise it to U$D 50.00/week?


23 posted on 07/02/2006 10:47:55 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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[One of the highest in Europe, minimum wage in France has increased by more than 17 percent in the last four years... ]

It's good to see that their productivity has increased enough to allow this. :O)

26 posted on 07/02/2006 11:02:59 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Liberalism's main product is Death.)
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Word is the public opinion of the adminstration has improved, as only 99.7% of the usual 200 cars a night were torched. Frankly, it's a much more accurate method to measure approval than using polls...
27 posted on 07/03/2006 3:21:12 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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France Raises Minimum Wage by 3 Percent

What's the unemployment rate there, again??
28 posted on 07/03/2006 4:25:51 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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French unemployment saw its largest drop in six years to 9.1%.

Hardly much to brag about and these unemployment numbers are likely significantly understated. I'm sure the French (as do we)count part time workers as fully employed and probably ignore thousands of able bodied French who are living on one or more of the government doles. Raising the minimum wage coupled with the current law that virtually makes it impossible for an employer to fire or layoff any employees will cause unemployment to jump not decrease.

29 posted on 07/03/2006 7:15:06 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir wölle bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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Interesting to see which countries are successful and why. This website gives you the big picture:

http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm


30 posted on 07/03/2006 7:21:09 AM PDT by cowtowney
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