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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (323583)1/30/2007 5:17:23 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1575981
 
CJ, > Excellent point! All of those countries have a stronger social welfare system. In particular, universal health care.

So why did France's minority population riot in late 2005? I thought that country had a strong social welfare system.

Because of overt discrimination. True, France has a strong welfare system but Arabs were facing discrimination when it came to housing and jobs.

You see they too would prefer working rather than relying on the State for support.

Here's the bottom line. We're a nation of immigrants. 95% of immigrants (legal or "undocumented") arrive here and start off either poor or in the lower-middle class. The effect of that on the average life expectancy should be obvious.

You don't think it has anything to do with substantive stress.
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