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To: Elsewhere who wrote (118160)10/31/2003 8:44:47 AM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 281500
 
The United States does not pretend to concern itself with social solidarity to the same extent as the French government, and is therefore expected to underperform in relation to welfare functions. The irony has to do with the presumed trade- off in France: less market- efficiency for greater social- welfare. With greater expectations, performance is judged by stricter standards.