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Liebling:-))) · 08-03-2006, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by sr171soars

And the Europeans are not? They have a better social security net than we do and they take every advantage of it. Let me see six weeks of vacation, low cost health care, more or less guaranteed job security. Unfortunately for them, the system has been showing strains and is now starting to crack and they are wringing their hands at the changes they must do to fix it up. Guess what? They are using us as a model in some of those things. One example is unemployment benefits...they pretty much guarantee a lifetime of benefits. This is slowly changing in the direction we took by saying to folks...nothing lasts forever...get a job!

Question is it depends on your POV and the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence.

I can understand from reading the link, you provided in your previous post about welfare benefit which total different as Europe. I think those link will explain better. I agree that there're cons and pros in our countries.

http://www.zeppscommentaries.com/Sociology/labor.htm

Yes, we paid high taxes and social insurances including health care cost accord German security system. Employer paid part of taxes and social insurances for their employees.

Yes, there´re high jobless rate in Germany. The problem was begin after € conversion. The companies refused to divide from Deutsche Mark (DM) into € (1.95583). They only removed DM to add €, it means that its double for us and our divided income, saving bank, mortaged, rent, life insurance, etc etc.
The government told companies to divide everything but they wont listen. That´s how Germans cut their budgets more and manage with double prices hardly with divided incomes. They buy clothes, etc from outside of Germany which its cheaper than buy double prices in Germany. That´s why German companies goes bankrupt because of this.

I know the tax here in Germany is expensive than America.

European unemployers living under social welfare assistance. You see why we pay high taxes and social insurances because of this.

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They are using us as a model in some of those things.

No, European Government would not use American model for an example because they disagree on American polities how to take care of their people. They find their way to fix unemployment rates but it will take long, long, long time to improve unemployment rates. Yes, there're some change in welfare benefit (cut some welfare benefit)...

I hope this answer is right one what you want to ask about ?

P.S. Paid Vacation/holiday paid is not the reason why we have high employment rates but taxes and Euro convertion. 6/7 weeks paid vacation and paid public holidays was fixed long, long, long time ago.