{"id":190,"date":"2007-05-20T20:33:58","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T04:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/20\/comparing-the-us-and-france\/"},"modified":"2007-05-20T20:37:13","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T04:37:13","slug":"comparing-the-us-and-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/misc\/globalism\/comparing-the-us-and-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing the U.S. and France"},"content":{"rendered":"

With France mired in malaise, French voters have turned away from the center-right government of Jacques Chirac in favor of the center-right government of Nicolas Sarkozy.<\/p>\n

The Guardian <\/em>has provided a interesting statistical comparison of the U.S. and France:<\/p>\n

Population
\nUS: 301m. France: 61m<\/p>\n

Life expectancy
\nUS: male 75.15 years, female 80.97 years.
\nFrance: male 77.35 years, female 84 years.<\/p>\n

Working week
\nUS: approx 46 hours. France: usually 35 hours<\/p>\n

Population living below the poverty line (for two adults and one child)
\nUS: 12%. France: 6.2%<\/p>\n

Minimum wage
\nUS: varies widely from state to state – no such thing in Alabama. France: \u00e2\u201a\u00ac8.27 (about US $11.18 per yahoo currency<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Usual retirement age
\nUS: 65-67. France: 60<\/p>\n

Prison population
\nUS: 2 million plus. France: 50,500 plus<\/p>\n

Number of murders a year
\nUS: 16,692. France: approx 1,000<\/p>\n

Number of overweight citizens
\nUS: a little more than two thirds. France: a little under one third<\/p>\n

(via Translation Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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