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We are still waiting for you to tell us
how high taxes has created a wealthy, healthy, and
vibrant French nation!

No Arthur.
Intelligent persons interested in this discussion have already
consulted
http://www.oecd.org/
and have built their own POV based on solid facts and figures.




The very first item is summarized as thus:
"a new OECD study highlights the gains in prosperity that
could be achieved in developed countries by reducing
barriers to trade, investment and competition.

THAT PROVES MY POINT!

What was your point, Arthur ? ;-)



That yours is a stagnant and suffereing economy,
because of socialist barriers to growth,
like high taxes. That is a barrier to investment
and competition.


This is not what the statistics say.
You are a dunce Arthur.




2004, from CIA factbook

USA GDP 4.4% growth
France GDP 2.1% growth

USA unemployment rate 5.5%
France unemployment rate 10.1 %

USA 2.3% inflation
France 2.3% inflation

USA debt 65 % of GDP
France debt 67.7% of GDP

USA GDP per capita $40,100
France GDP per capita $28, 400


Poverty ?


There is no standardized measure between nations.
Each country has its own methods of calculation.
Poverty in the US is not at all comparable to
poverty in poor African nations, and it is not readily
comparable to more developed, but
still inferior, nations like France.