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Lothar5150 · 11-07-2005, 08:00 PM

The rioting at its core is economic. Young men between 16 and 26 with few prospects for the future are your perpetrators, color and religion are irrelevant. If these guys had jobs to go to the everyday and hope for the future they would not have time to riot.

While I was never a big fan of Jacques Chirac I think his attempt to guide France away from socialism is the best long term solution for the French economy. Unfortunately I don’t think he has had a free enough hand in making changes. The tax rate is about 43% of GDP and laws still restrict the work week to 35 hours. That makes an economy extremely inefficient. This creates the 12% unemployment rate. Which incidentally happen to be males between 16 and 26 and largely immigrants? The high unemployment rate also creates the tension between "native" population and immigrants. Naturally the "native" population will feel they deserve jobs before immigrants, regardless of qualification or ability. And this will lead to some discrimination and frustration on the part of immigrant groups.

11-07-2005, 08:00 PM	#16
Lothar5150 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Surf City USA Posts: 433	The rioting at its core is economic. Young men between 16 and 26 with few prospects for the future are your perpetrators, color and religion are irrelevant. If these guys had jobs to go to the everyday and hope for the future they would not have time to riot. While I was never a big fan of Jacques Chirac I think his attempt to guide France away from socialism is the best long term solution for the French economy. Unfortunately I don’t think he has had a free enough hand in making changes. The tax rate is about 43% of GDP and laws still restrict the work week to 35 hours. That makes an economy extremely inefficient. This creates the 12% unemployment rate. Which incidentally happen to be males between 16 and 26 and largely immigrants? The high unemployment rate also creates the tension between "native" population and immigrants. Naturally the "native" population will feel they deserve jobs before immigrants, regardless of qualification or ability. And this will lead to some discrimination and frustration on the part of immigrant groups. Last edited by Lothar5150; 11-07-2005 at 08:10 PM.