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I rebut everything you just said with one article: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/02/07/six-lies/ http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/02/07/six-lies/
by RudeBaguette 14y ago
I rebut everything you just said with one article: http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/02/07/six-lies/ http://www.rudebaguette.com/2012/02/07/six-lies/
- draggnar 14y agocould you maybe summarize your refutations here?
- jgrahamc 14y agoNo, you didn't. My major points were: high taxation and employee laws. Your rebuttal on taxation is: "In addition, these high taxes are the same high taxes that allow entrepreneurs in France to live off of a 70% unemployment salary for 18 months after they are let go from their company. What goes around comes around." And? That's fine, but that's not what a startup cares about. Sure, it's what a person cares about, but it does nothing to address my fundamental point about the tax/social charge burden. And your other point about there being an 18 month delay in the first tax return is pointless: the taxes still have to be paid. On employee mobility, you say: "well, unless of course, you have a periode d’essai (“trial period”) written into the contract (which is the case ~100% of the time), which allows you to let go of an employee with little to no notice for the first three months. Oh, and you can also request to renew the trial period for an additional three months, legally – but you know, if you suddenly hate your employee after six months, well then, buddy, you’re S.O.L." And? After 6 months you hit all the problems of an employee who is very, very hard to fire.
- reitzensteinm 14y agoWait, your rebuttal to "France is not a country where they really promote entrepreneurship" is that the French president gave a speech admitting that the country was risk averse and needed to become more entrepreneurial? If that's the caliber of argument you're bringing to the table, I would soften your tone a bit.