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cory777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 02:35 AM Original message |
France faces major disruption as workers threaten open-ended strikes |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is how you get a better standard of living out of the robber barons |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I guess workers aren't traduced into oppressing themselves, like they are here... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Kick for the morning crowd! |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Exactly |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Recommend |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. k/r |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. I can't help but see this isn't helping France |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yeah, you're right. AND when they raise OUR SS to 70 you won't.......... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. What SS? They're going to give it to the same people who ran the |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Really? |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. They are raising the retirement age to 68 in Germany |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. How is "the system" supposed to work if raising productivity means throwing people out of work? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Sounds like the same result either way |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's an argument for equitable distribution... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Then there is always the question of who's definition of wealth we use |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Taylor?! Where would you get that idea? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Maybe I misunderstood what you meant by complex systems |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. But there are so many young out of work... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. they strike in germany too |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Thanks, cc. It's nice to get the Republican POV here |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Correction: France Looks Forward to Continued Higher Standard of Living... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. +1 |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. over 4000 in the street in a town of 35000 where i live |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Always appreciate seeing your perspective |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. 12 rafineries are set to close tomorrow |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. They're in siesta mode; not going full-bore yet. Only 3.5 million demonstrating, France-wide. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-12-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. We should be doing this shit. They have it going on. nt |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
29. K&R! //nt |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. BBC: "French pension strikes go into second day" |
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