Reply #5: France Doesn't Turn Operation of Everything To the Lowest Crooked Bidder

[MannyGoldstein]

France supports good jobs at good wages, and thus can have sufficient competent technical and maintenance staff to ensure safety.

Here in the US, we give a contract to some schnook who hires temporary design staff (probably from a sketchy outfit overseas) at the lowest wages than fires them once design is somewhat complete, then hires illegals at $5 an hour to maintain the thing. Said schnook then puts 30% of the revenue in a hidden, untaxable offshore bank account. Finally, when the plant melts down requiring a colosal cleanup, said schnook has his company declared bankrupt and moves to the French Riviera, leaving you and me to pay the bill.