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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (6354)8/31/2003 5:27:34 AM
From: unclewest  Read Replies (1) of 793838
 
M Chirac is telling his citizens that France's problems and recovery are now their own to deal with. No foreign entity can be held responsible - unless you count America, whose economic recovery is being prayed for fervently by the French.

The French are praying to the wrong God.
A pick-up in the US economy is not going to do France much good.
France killed their Golden (American) Goose with their politics.
Due to low sales volume locally, French wines etc are now a fraction of their previous cost. This is further exacerbated by the low dollar. Merchants are forced to cut prices at a time when the exchange rate is screaming for price increases.
French tourism is down over 20% this year. Most of that is attributed to a drop in US visitors.

My advice to the frogs is to start praying for a leader with more vision than ego.
In the meantime they need to learn how to play ball.
Most of all they need to stop their program of self-inflicted wounds.
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