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Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear | 26 comments (26 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Let's please debunk the meme that jobs are going from France to London.
There are lots of French servers in London restaurants and bars, but we wouldn't call that brain drain, now weould we?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 08:11:41 AM EST
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actually, servers might have PhD's in literature and can't find jobs.  So, maybe it is a brain drain.

I, for one, know lots of very educated people doing manual labour.  

by manon (m@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:00:18 AM EST
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Well, yes, the infamous "polish plumbers" are not plumbers at all. They're usually more qualified in some other way and completely unqualified as plumbers.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:14:22 AM EST
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actually, plumbers require a few years of education before being certified.  
by manon (m@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:30:47 AM EST
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I know, that's my point.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 09:34:08 AM EST
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by manon (m@gmail.com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 10:27:58 AM EST
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Yes, when the british press talks about the invasion of the "Polish plumbers", it's not really plumbers we're talking about. It's people who are handy and think they can make a money in the UK by posing as plumbers for a few weeks.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Mar 24th, 2006 at 10:32:10 AM EST
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Article Deconstruction (vol. 5) - French fear | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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