Previous discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429</a> (67 points, 23 days ago, 41 comments)<p>The comments are very interesting. Read the complete discussion. I'll copy the first comment by alain94040:<p>> <i>That articles looks bogus. For instance:</i><p>> <i>It’s such an evil system even denounced by the European Union, but France is not ready to move from that colonial system which puts about 500 billions dollars from Africa to its treasury year in year out.</i><p>> <i>According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_France" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_France</a>, that's pretty much equivalent to the budget of the French government. If that number were true, France finances ought to be in better shape.</i>