RE: Re: Paul P is right...

2001-01-29 Thread Max Sawicky
When U.S. analysts speak of "disaster" in Soc Sec, what they are referring to is a system where tax rates are a little above mid-range for Euro social democracies. mbs Actually, I have recently taken to pointing to Germany whenever I am talking with someone who starts hyperventilating abo

Re: Re: Paul P is right...

2001-01-29 Thread Margaret Coleman
Actually, not just Germany, but England, France, Italy, Switzerland, all those countries who had baby booms after WWII and who have retirement plans like social security will be in the same boat as the USA beginning in about 15 years. In fact, Italy will be the worst because they have the lowest

Re: Re: Paul P is right...

2001-02-01 Thread Margaret Coleman
Yoshie concludes, after some excellent remarks: <> I think that it's not just Italian feminists that are out of touch with the 'average' woman, I think it is the nature of feminism not to the norm, but to reflect what might be. And, maybe that's the way things should be? Back in the 1800s when m

Re: Re: Re: Paul P is right...

2001-01-29 Thread Mike Zellefrow
Hello- How do I unsub from this list please? --- Margaret Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, not just Germany, but England, France, > Italy, Switzerland, all those > countries who had baby booms after WWII and who have > retirement plans like social > security will be in the same boat