The French finance minister urges her countrymen to retire the national pastime of intellectualism in honor of becoming a society that works harder to earn more. Though her words, �Enough thinking, already. Roll up your sleeves,� do not go unchallenged.

While I agree that the French system is flawed, in placing blame on intellectuals rather than targeting the parasitic party, the newly elected administration is burning bridges with the likes of those that have given France her face.

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New Leaders Say Pensive French Think Too Much
NY Times

Melissa Demiguel
French Culture Editor

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Ernest Hemingway