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• Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:20 AM

  @david sugarman

  LeCastor! nice to see your name! but as usual, i disagree with you (back to former persona). you say, "France has a women's labor participation rate of nearly 80%, while the US cannot break 60%? How about our college degree attainment rate of only about 23%?" what's so great about WORKING?

  There is an inherent value in working: you spend time with other adults, if your work is challenging, you are exercising your brain, you are dealing with new situations, you are at the pinnacle of Maslow's self-actualization: problem-solving.

  i thought the french were more civilized. they mandate two people working, but they each only work 35 hours? no wonder they have to pay people to have children!

  I'm not sure how those things connect, but in fact France has one of the highest birth rates in Europe, as of late. Or would you attribute that to the Muslims? The French love to blame everything on them.

  there are 3 women for each 2 men in college. School is for Girls! everyone knows that. didn't used to be, but now it is.

  I'm not sure what your point is with this either.

  and on top of that, how many people *ought* to go to college? One manager per worker? (with undocumenteds doing all the scut work)

  That's a good point, but I don't think going up to 30% or even 35% would hurt society, do you? After all, you could make the same argument about high school education -- there are many jobs that don't even require a high school education, yet we aspire to have universal high school graduation. Why is that?

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