Is it possible to have too much of a good thing?
Too much wine?
Too much fine cheese?
Too much of that great public party we call strikes?
After a day of transportation turmoil which, as always, hits people who work for a living and who can be fired if they don't, the unions' only question is: should the next strike be on a Saturday or a weekday?
Hmmmm.
I'm as much as a dreamer as anyone, but even John Lennon knew that two plus two equals four. Or, in other terms, people can't really retire on full pension if there's no money to pay for the pension. Striking may be fun, but it can't change that fact any more than yelling can reverse gravity.
In that great philosophical treatise, Monty Python's Life of Brian, the question of morally valid but physically impossible demands was explored in depth (you know the scene, where the man dressed as a woman demands the RIGHT to have babies). Youtube didn't have that scene, so I offer you "What have the Romans ever done for us?" instead. As for strikes, check out this article from Le Figaro which claims that France loses more days to strikes than any other country in Europe (We're number one !)
