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Psychobabbles: Paris Workers Have US Beat …

... Or what Angela likes best about work benefits of Parisians after watching Michael Moore's documentary "Sicko" here

*paying for my health care through my taxes and never worrying about going bankrupt because I get in an accident, get cancer, or anything.
*5 weeks paid vacation every year. I could so get used to that. That’s part of the reason I wanted to work in schools, so I could get paid very little - but at least get 2 months off in the summer. I could deal with 5 weeks.
*6 months paid maternity leave. What? Not 6 weeks? I can actually spend time with my new baby? (I wonder if parents get maternity leave for adopting kids, though?)
*6 months unpaid maternity leave. So I’ll still have a job after taking a whole year off? SWEET!
*35 hour work week. Not 40? 45? 50? But 35? I could definitely start liking that.

Question: What work benefit would you change if you could?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.