I saw Marianne begging in the street with a sign at her feet that said "Will philosophize for food"

Now that the French have lost the World Cup and Zidane the Thug is officially retired, we can get back to brass tacks. So let's talk about French poverty which is continually fed by the French Social Model (which besides being a dysfunctional social model is also an outstanding blog which has just been featured in TCS Daily).