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Senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center Veronique De Rugy on the work ethic of the French.
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To -- titan international's Chief Executive Officer Maurice Taylor -- The writing a scathing letter criticizing the French for -- work ethic here is mr.
Taylor talking with Gerri Willis last night on -- -- Do you rate is sixteen according person on.
And what that what's behind it didn't answer to your question you walk can.
They get an hour further along children -- -- and that's paid seven hours since that day.
And then they work about.
Three hours and then the other three -- like a beauty shop they're they're socializing and the reason being.
They would like you see union thinks you should hire more people.
I mean that's that state unions mentality.
And that's also part of -- -- French government.
That are pretty good -- if you ask me so let's bring in that hopefully that money -- -- Senior research fellow at the -- can tell -- percent to.
You -- I French national I believe felony can you've been on this program befall.
Do do you think that Maurice Taylor is speaking the truth.
Well I mean I think there's a lot of truth in what he's saying -- I don't know whether calling.
French workers -- is exactly accurate they're certainly entitled.
And and he's right in his list of what -- and they they feel entitled to likes Ford days -- says.
You know six weeks mandatory vacation and all of this paid for by employers.
But.
Good to grab -- I think really the drama of all that suspect this would wouldn't happen if and he's right big unions are really behind this but enforced by the government who -- those crazy applause okay where.
Don't you you don't have to work that.
Not follow -- second I'm with a with Charles I and is with in the east of some recent on the trial plan and I -- my friends wet that wet Maurice -- was gonna have a look at its and see whether or not he wanted to take it over give -- some stats on the China.
Planted this is -- -- ran this planet sprawling it's been four years old its giant they had the capacity to do six billion units a year last year due one point three million units.
OK let me just tell you something.
In the fourth quarter figure -- -- four million all of -- lost 230 million.
In this plant alone they can't do it anymore they can't do it anymore all because of the things we talk about on this show every single -- -- there -- -- come back into this I wanna know what was the reaction in France.
When mr.
Taylor is -- -- was released and published.
I think it was it was mixed it and we may or a lot of people who are cheering saying finally someone is speaking the truth of this got a man who -- forces these laws.
And -- high wage is.
You know in exchange for very little work but there are people who were obviously -- -- -- the terms that's used.
I'm bet I do -- that what it's really significant is -- way the minister responded to him instead of actually saying something like you know Francis has a history of being really good at producing tires and things like best.
He fired back with a latter talking about how you know idea Mary can they hold some gratitude to the -- because of the help that not by yet provided -- you know he.
I won't look at -- advancing.
And he'd rather not buy it and he actually -- and then he went on to actually make that.
You know unless and not really -- -- threat.
-- I've I've administration harass men and you're thinking okay if actually the French are hoping that a foreigner is gonna take this plan over.
This -- the way I would go about it.
Though honey it's a pleasure to have you here in America.
We do hope you stay here in this wonderful country and I think haven't Americans so I'm -- -- -- -- -- you one of us look at the -- a pleasure thank you very much of it we hope you'll get a brackets is against it thanks so much indeed.
But everybody back.
