Harry  wrote:
On 7/25/10 7:27 PM, bpuharic wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:41:03 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:13:42 -0400, wrote:

gee. the germans have a world class export based economy that's
HEAVILY unionized.

the US, with NO unions, is not.


Yeah, and such powerful unions they are.
This union factory worker makes $22,000 a year and the government
taxes more than half of that away for things like his "free" health
care.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...M&refer=europe


german purchasing power parity is on a level with US PPP when compared
on a per hour basis

the difference is that europeans go more for quality of life.
americans, slaves to their companies, have no choice but to work at
least 200 more hours per year than their european counterparts



Those who oppose providing decent quality healthcare and decent
retirement possibilities for lower-income workers have no ideas that
will improve the lives of these families. A large percentage of
lower-income workers simply don't have the ability to climb up the
ladder since they must devote all of their time to survival.

Instituting higher tax rates on those who can afford them is a way to
provide the poorer among us with a better quality of life. That, and
cutting the military budget in half would do the job, I am sure.
The sad truth is that low income families often breed low income
children - or worse - who have the same work ethic they do. Money would
be better spent educating these children and holding their parents
accountable for their attendance. People who are criminals or simply
lazy and choose to fail in life don't deserve the same SS check as those
who worked for their entire lives.