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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (109223)	6/18/2001 4:04:38 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

how's that for some intraday volatility? quote.yahoo.com

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (109223)	6/19/2001 3:54:19 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

hb - spectator.org "..."Four out of five French are employed in the public sector. They eat 38 percent of all the tax revenue in their salaries and benefits. Their average salary is greater than a salary in the private sector. Wouldn't you try to kill someone who tried to take that away from you?" asks Jack Anderson, European tax partner with Ernst & Young. It is not wealth that France fears, but the competitive forces of globalization that will inevitably devastate the cozy government sector. Eurocrats want the growth rates of a competitive economy, but they cannot let go of the sclerotic certainty of soft socialism and the world's most luxurious safety nets. As French Prime Minister Jospin famously remarked, "Yes to market economies. No to market societies."..." Regards, Don