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Opposition keeps up pressure on Sarkozy to boost wages
2009-03-21
Opposition leaders piled pressure on French President Nicolas Sarkozy Friday to boost low wages and cap executive bonuses after more than a million striking workers marched in anger at the government. Factory and white-collar workers from across the private sector joined a million civil servants Thursday in France's second nationwide strike in two months.
Oh, yeah. That'll work. Just boost the minimum wage to $35 an hour and the set maximum salary and benefits for everybody at $75,000 a year. Everybody'll be happy then, won't they?
Posted by:Fred

#1  Most people are innately competitive (well, maybe not 'most' in Europe anymore, but some); if pay is disconnected entirely from performance, they will compete to see who can perform the least for the pay given.
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-03-21 09:55  

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