tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post6852917562880098299..comments2023-06-24T03:04:09.755-07:00Comments on Get Real France: Letter to the French PresidentKaz O'Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02503331616277132302noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-58423379138797497472013-01-24T03:47:34.913-08:002013-01-24T03:47:34.913-08:00Brilliant Karen. A big thank you from the entrepre...Brilliant Karen. A big thank you from the entrepreneurs. I hope you can can deliver the French version to him! <br />Regards Erik G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-58841889497313872092012-07-06T02:47:03.984-07:002012-07-06T02:47:03.984-07:00Agreed, there would be a percentage that would sti...Agreed, there would be a percentage that would still want to work, because they have a sense of pride/self worth.<br />Where I live, the average wage is 1300euros per month. One would be better off au chomage, claiming rent allowance or getting social housing and all the other social benefits. So the question they ask themselves is, why work, when the state is going to bale them out.<br />I've known many people whose main motivation to get a CDD ( long term contract) is that they know will get the dole when they get themselves fired.<br />That does not appear to be a system that is working?Kaz O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503331616277132302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-64752873848147626202012-07-05T23:52:34.322-07:002012-07-05T23:52:34.322-07:00What about intrinstic motivation? Don't some p...What about intrinstic motivation? Don't some people do their best because they want to and know their worth inside.<br /><br />Maybe I'm naive but I don't believe every student in the class would stop working. When I tell my pupils the mark won't count in the average almost hallf will still hand in the best work they can do.fab40foibleshttp://www.fab40foibles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-73174255752121726082012-07-05T06:30:52.365-07:002012-07-05T06:30:52.365-07:00Socialism, my arse!Socialism, my arse!Kaz O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503331616277132302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-69364656847343552952012-07-05T06:09:15.981-07:002012-07-05T06:09:15.981-07:00And don't forget La Lanterne at Versailles whi...And don't forget La Lanterne at Versailles which Sarkozy nicked from his prime ministers while leaving its upkeep on their budget...Hollande is keeping his paws on it too....the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-15653424313380548022012-07-05T03:54:25.469-07:002012-07-05T03:54:25.469-07:00There is a happy medium there somewhere I think!
I...There is a happy medium there somewhere I think!<br />I've written it in French too :)Kaz O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503331616277132302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018422922616917049.post-52385513943685533082012-07-05T03:50:40.623-07:002012-07-05T03:50:40.623-07:00Did you write this in French?
It's a very R...Did you write this in French? <br /><br />It's a very Republican idea showing little compassion for those who cannot lift themselves out of poverty and so typical of the black and white answers many Republicans in the US use to miss the point completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com