[SOC] An other one ...

[Paul Bartlett]

>
> BTW, (real/official) news : taxes on beer here in France will be
multiplied by
> 40 (forty) starting next month. And cigarets will be more expensive too
(+30% -
> colleagues told me that average price will be around US$5 for one package
(20
> units in a package ??)).
> Let's see how many people will now argue that they do not have anymore
enough
> money to buy bread and meat ?...
>
Hmmm,

Hadn't heard that. If it's true then an awful lot of Northern French
shopkeepers/hyper
market owners will be very unhappy. It's a threat to that great British
(well, mostly
English) pasttime, "The Booze Cruise".

Paul