02.02.2012                      09.Schwat. 5772

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Fischer: Israel's ultra-Orthodox must start working

Speaking at the Herzliya Conference hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center, Fischer stresses the danger posed by a fast-growing population where work isn't the norm.

The ultra-Orthodox have to start working, companies have to stop bilking their bondholders and home prices could wind up falling too hard and too fast if the government isn't careful, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said in a stinging address on Wednesday.
Speaking at the Herzliya Conference hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center, Fischer stressed the danger posed by a fast-growing population where work isn't the norm. "In 30 years, the proportion of the Haredi population will be much bigger," the governor said. "Most of that community doesn't work. I respect religion, but a state of affairs in which part of the population growing very fast doesn't work can't go on."…