Germany (and Europe in general, as well as US) could out-produce and out-engineer
Japan & China. It takes one thing. Lower taxes. Give people the freedom to grow
themselves and they will. Give them the opportunity to both succeed and fail and
they'll always try harder. Being under socialism must be depressing. (I've friends
from France who are seeking US citizenship for that very reason -- open opportunity.)
Sincerely,
C. Brendemuehl
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'Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that
it bears a very close resemblance to the first.' Ronald Reagan
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:08:31 +0100 (BST)
>
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Keith Whaley wrote:
>
>> Most Americans do NOT have 22 days of vacation!
>> Something like 13 is more like it. The rest is sick leave
>> allowance...usually 5 to 10 days.
>
>So Americans have lots of money and no time to enjoy it and the Europeans
>have no money but lots of time off. BTW, Europeans add sick leave on top
>of that 34-day average allowance too! :-) Don't forget we're supposed to
>be working less hours a day as well compared to Americans (Germany again
>is one of the lowest with something like 34 hours/week). Makes you wonder
>how we get anything done over here, eh? What do you mean you think we
>don't? :-)
>
>Chris
>
>
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