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French Senate passes new retirement age bill, protestors block streets

Published: 23 October, 2010, 02:25
Edited: 24 October, 2010, 14:01


Anti riot police face young men as they protest against the breakers who caused damages on the edges of demonstrations against government's pension reform, on October 22, 2010 in Lyon

The French Senate has approved pension reform, raising the retirement age to 62. The decision to support president Sarkozy's proposal has been approved in a vote that went to the wire.

 
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Bru Raczin October 23, 2010, 05:35 quote
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Well... the protesters can burn whatever they want, and block all of the gasoline trucks they care to, but when their pension checks Stop coming in due to government insolvency they may have No choice but to return to work! (but of course by then it will be too late) Cake anyone?

ribin21 October 23, 2010, 07:41 quote
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I live on an island , I was was left there when my parents were on a cruise and their sailboat sunk . I was five .I pay no taxes ,I made a raft when I was ten ,I left and found another island that had only 9 people on it. I paid no taxes ,the food was free for picking and the fish was a fun sport that fed us ,shelter was easily made once a year in a couple of days ,I left on a homemade canoe and found another island that had only 99 people on it . I paid no one any fees or taxes , We picked our food from nature and also planted some of the seeds to grow more and we ate from the ocean again we paid no taxes but we helped the elderly and they helped teach us young folk about things we didnt know, I made a large sailboat and sailed and found another island that had 999 people on it again i ate good food and enjoyed a life of lesiure, and i left again i found a place that had 9,999 people still the same ,no taxes no hard work just good happy living,i left again to 99,999 people the same ,i left and found 999,999 people the same as before ,i left and found 9,999,999 people and the same happened and i left ,i found 99,999,999 people and the same and left now 300,000,000 people and guess what i found

Rikard October 24, 2010, 13:12 quote
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ribin21, you evidenty evaporate too often. Look the rainy leagacy, condense, accumulate, enjoy the sky and let the heaven find you, then simply fall down to some soil needing you. By the way - where were you during this summer fires in Russia? You don't care for yourself and too much relate to people environment. But the difference is, we only condensed long time before you came to the simple idea. With the first drop of rain, expecting today, I'll wait you with love, Rikard

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