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To: tejek who wrote (360647)	11/28/2007 5:30:42 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574591

Poverty in France has fallen by 60% over thirty years. Although it affected 15% of the population in 1970, in 2001 only 6.1% (or 3.7 million people) were below the poverty line(which, according to INSEE's criteria, is half of the median income). Before, the poor were for the most part retirees. The trend reversed itself in the 1980s with an increase in unemployment among young people; while poverty among the elderly dropped 85% (from 27.3% to 3.8%), among those still in the workforce it increased by 38% over the same 30 years (from 3.9% to 5.4%). Various social welfare programs have had an important impact in low-income households, and in 2002, they may in some cases have represented more than 50% of the household's income.[1] en.wikipedia.org

To: tejek who wrote (360647)	11/30/2007 5:27:33 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574591

Re: Now France is probably one of the most racist countries in Europe......not overtly but its always there in the background. For the most part, the Arabs have been kept out of mainstream French life. Like American blacks of the 1960s, the Arabs are signaling they aren't taking it any more. Well, I disagree: France is paradoxically Europe's least racist country! Clues: Message 21861921 Message 21865236 I remember former French PM D. de Villepin, interviewed by JP Elkabach on TV5 (Le Grand Rendez-Vous), claimed that France was already home to 300,000 Malians! Mali is one of the most backward countries of (Saharan) Africa.... To be sure, Spain, Italy and all of "Old/Eastern Europe" are much more racist than France --so much so that... they don't have any nonwhite immigrants at all! Granted, both Spain and Italy, as Mediterranean countries, do have nonwhite immigrants from Africa but those can't expect the same opportunities as their luckier fellows in France.... Gus