Thursday, May 10, 2007

DOES SOCIALISM WORK ?

Lets compare the neocons favorite target country France and the U.S.

Population :France 63,000,000
U.S. 300,000,000
GDP (official exchange rate):France $2.154 trillion
U.S. $13.22 trillion (2006 est.)
Growth rate:France 2.4%
U.S. 2.1% (2007 1RST QUTR.)
Budget:revenues:France $1.15 trillion
expenditures: $1.211 trillion
(This means the French government has $1.15
trillion to spend on only 63 million people.
We have only twice that much to spend on 300
million people.Almost 5 times as many people.
This explains why they have no potholes,can
afford universal health care and a 350+ mph train system.)
revenues:U.S. $2.409 trillion
expenditures: $2.66 trillion
Currency reserves:France $74,360,000,000
U.S. $86,940,000,000
Public debt:France 64.7% of GDP
$3,461,000,000,000 Trillion
U.S.64.7% of GDP
$8,825,000,000,000 Trillion
Deficit:France $58.8 billion
(By law Soc.Sec. funds can't be spent
for anything but Soc.Sec.)
U.S. $760 billion (SOC.SEC. and Iraq funding
money spent but not counted in deficit.
350 billion +)
Military spending:France $46 Billion (3RD)
U.S. $276 Billion (1RST)
Gross National Income
(per capita):France $30,693.70
U.S. $43,144.30
(This doesn't take into account Americans work an
extra 400 Hrs.per year for the extra income.)
Unemployment Rate:France 8%
(This is a bit misleading since most young
adults in France 16-26 don't work but go
to school full-time)
U.S. 4.8%
Unemployment pay:France 57% For 22 Months
(75% For low Income)
U.S. 48% For 6 Months
Worker Productivity per hr:France $35 Per Hour (#2)
U.S. $32 Per Hour (#4)
(This blows away the myth that
socialism makes workers lazy.)
Population below
poverty line:France 6.2%
(Lowest for industrial countries)
U.S. 14%
Population below
median Income:France 8%
U.S. 17%
Inflation rate:France 1.5%
U.S. 2.5%
Average Work Week:France 35 Hours
U.S. 46 Hours
Minimum Wage:France $9.50
U.S. $5.15
Comparative price
levels by country:France 94
U.S. 109
(OECD AVE.=100, LESS THAN 100=Cheaper cost of living)
Vacation :France 7 weeks average
(5 Weeks minimum paid, by law)
U.S. 13 days average (source Infoplease)
Health Care:France Ranked #1
U.S. Ranked #37 (W.H.O. 2001)
Population gov.covered:France 99%
U.S. 40% (15% have no coverage.)
source (U.S. CENSUS BUREAU)
gov. cost per person :France $3,048
U.S. $5,711
yearly gov. cost growth:France 2.3%
U.S. 3.2%
Life expectancy:France 72 years
U.S. 69 years
Infant mortality rate:France 4.31 per 1,000
U.S. 10.4 per 1,000
Paid Maturnity leave:France 1 Year up to 3 for 3 children
U.S. none
GOV. pay for children:France 2 $480, 3 $960 Per month
(%40 Discount on publicTransit,Pools,etc.)
U.S. $0
Daycare:France 1-3 Free 3+ School
U.S. $400+ Per month,Per Child
Education:France free Preschool through College
U.S. Free Kindergarten-Through 12th Grade

Retirement age:France Average 59 Yrs old
U.S average 67 yrs old
Total crimes 2006:France 3,771,850
U.S. 23,677,800
Teen Pregnancy:France 17,985 births (2006)
U.S. 494,357 births (2006)

SIDE NOTES:
In France almost all workers get Saturday off and
Even more get Sunday off.

If you can't believe the facts what can you believe?

Additional
----sources:
-----CIA world fact book
-----Nation Master
-----WIKIPEDIA
-----http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article
-----/2006/10/17/AR2006101701652.html
-----http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4856992.stm
-----http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm
-----http://www.easyexpat.com/paris_en/work_unemployment-benefits.htm
-----World Health Organisation
-----Personal Information

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess that explains the millions upon millions of people fleeing into France illegally.........

LOL.

Just like it would explain all the Cubans fleeing that Cuban paradise for the United States of America.

xoxo said...

actually they were afraid of greek and spanish immigration when the borders were dropped but they found that when they were free to come and go they would work some then go home.now that the economies are closer to parody
they stay and work in their own countries.They do have a problem with noeth african and turkish
illegal immigration on par with our illegal problems.not only is france the worlds number one tourist destination by over 20
million more tourist than the next
country but its the fastest growing country in europe.

Anonymous said...

We are a failure as a nation and the right wing has been our undoing. It's too late to change things now because the hatred and propagandistic distortions of our socialist betters is so thick that it overwhelms and confuses the average American. But, don't let it be forgot that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was know as camelot.