The news reports from France describe widespread rioting today, including crowds of youths throwing bottles and Molotov cocktails, a kind of homemade bomb.
Why the big brouhaha? Well it seems the Prime Minister wants to help lower unemployment among youth by actually allowing employers to fire incompetent workers under 26, during their first two years of employment. France is apparently one of those idiotic countries where employees “own” their job and cannot be fired without a lot of red tape. It is just another form of socialism – employers are stuck with you if they hire you, so they are reluctant to hire new workers, especially young ones with no track record.
It appears the youth of France are absolutely outraged that any employer would want to hold them personally responsible for poor job performance. They would rather be unemployed under the existing law than employed under the new CPE law. Brilliant! The Prime Minister believes the new law could reduce youth unemployment which currently stands at 23%.
France’s stagnant economy and low economic growth is typical of European socialist countries where many feel an immense sense of entitlement: the world owes them a living and it is the duty of government to collect it for them.
How do you say “grow up” in French?
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