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The French are again on strike. Here they are, in Marseilles, protesting, that which, along with cheese and wine production, they do as well or better than anyone else.

And why are they striking? In order to bring down spiraling budget deficits Sarkozy has proposed raising the retirement age from 60 to 62.

The Unions say additional monies for the pension system should not be taken from their present benefits but rather from new charges (taxes?) on those who are still working. Yes, they did say this.

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