I'm in high school & am doing a paper on France vs the US. We've had class discussions about how the US system is so much better & that France is in horrible trouble because of their shorter work days, vacation time, their pension & health care systems, their schools & how they've gone so far into debt to provide these social programs for the French people.(posted 7638 days ago)I was there & the family I stayed with was just about equal in every way to my own, but they seemed so much better off & so much happier. I saw no homelessness there. I didn't see people scavaging in garbage cans for anything to recycle, like I do here. Everyone was much less unhappy with the medical care there than here & everyone had access.
I brought this up & then was told that's because they don't have to have such a big military like the US does. Somehow that doesn't cut it.
What I want to know is are the French living on a balloon, while we in the US aren't? How much national debt per person does each French citizen carry vs the US. I've read that here if you divided up the national debt per person it would be $17,000 for every man, woman, & child... not counting the state & local debts.
I can't find any websites that tell me anything in a way that I can understand it. I'm not a Harvard MBA. I'm a Junior in High School.
Thanx... mlg