By the way, in european countries, many unqualified people work clandestinely becuse the tax burden makes the labor cost to high for them to be employable. If the controling mechanism is tight enough they dont work at all. The employers simply cannot afford the taxes and social sec.+heathcare.The employers are also less willing to hire such a worker because of the firing constraints. This is a clear deformation of the labor market and constitutes a loss/loss situation. State is deprived of potential taxes and is forced to directly support such a person. State officials simply bribe the poor to be elected and help them stay poor longer.
Big chunk of the US GDP is made of lawsuits between US-based companies and individuals, whose net result is at best 0
Again, I dont think this is a relevant point as a wast majority of modern day wstern economies is constituted by services anyway. But I'm willing to give it a benefit of doubt here, I simply don't know. Maybe there are some clues in the growth of GDP (about 3%-US last two years<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/0.25% last two years in France), do you think that all this goes for lawyers? I don't want to argue that US is the paradise (i wouldnt like to live there) but France is as close to hell for a small business as it possibly could. That's my point. I have no illusions about US politicians and their motives, on the other hand the french president escaped a bribe-related conviction only by getting elected, De Villepin never saw a real life close enough to be relevant and Sarkozy is simply hungry for power. That country simply isn't the "realm of the civilised people" everyone should follow as the original poster claimed (nor is the US, I may add).
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 16, 2006 06:56 AMWrong
<a href="http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm" title="bls.gov">http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm</a bls.gov>
they make a statisticaly relevant survey.
By the way, in european countries, many unqualified people work clandestinely becuse the tax burden makes the labor cost to high for them to be employable. If the controling mechanism is tight enough they dont work at all. The employers simply cannot afford the taxes and social sec.+heathcare.The employers are also less willing to hire such a worker because of the firing constraints. This is a clear deformation of the labor market and constitutes a loss/loss situation. State is deprived of potential taxes and is forced to directly support such a person. State officials simply bribe the poor to be elected and help them stay poor longer.
Big chunk of the US GDP is made of lawsuits between US-based companies and individuals, whose net result is at best 0
Again, I dont think this is a relevant point as a wast majority of modern day wstern economies is constituted by services anyway. But I'm willing to give it a benefit of doubt here, I simply don't know. Maybe there are some clues in the growth of GDP (about 3%-US last two years<nobr> <wbr></nobr>/0.25% last two years in France), do you think that all this goes for lawyers? I don't want to argue that US is the paradise (i wouldnt like to live there) but France is as close to hell for a small business as it possibly could. That's my point.
I have no illusions about US politicians and their motives, on the other hand the french president escaped a bribe-related conviction only by getting elected, De Villepin never saw a real life close enough to be relevant and Sarkozy is simply hungry for power.
That country simply isn't the "realm of the civilised people" everyone should follow as the original poster claimed (nor is the US, I may add).
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