Hmmm... time to get a life, don't you think? Josef Stalin a great socialist leader? Grow up! What Stalin set up was a State-Capitalist Bureaucracy. By ousting Trotsky and destroying the Soviets, he destroyed any chance the USSR had of working.
Can't disagree with you at all. It's easy to forget what is actually hidden in the taxes we pay. It would be good idea if the records of where all the money was going though...
BTW, we europeans in the IT sector work at least the same. I for one typically work 90 hours a week. So much for having a social life:-(
Hmmm... and coming out of a recession, growth has picked up again, falling unemployment and a decent public transport system.
To be honest, Europe isn't as bad as you think it is. Our prices might be higher, but the quality of living for the population here is damned good.
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WWI & WWII were the best things that happened to the US -- they let it accelerate past a Europe which had had it's economy destroyed by war.
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You didn't like the dutch PTS? My god, but it's nice! Ok, Amsterdam's not the best example, Rotterdam's nicer, but still...
Spain's a bit crappy in that regard in fairness. It is still a rather poor country by European standards.
Not being stroppy or anything, jsut straightening things out. BTW, I don't have a car, don't want one, but might be forced to get one for travelling outside the city to clients in the country and suchforth...
Don't forget that European cities are much older than cities in the US. They were not designed to accommodate automobile traffic.
This, though many people over here might complain about it, it probably a good thing...
In Ireland, our public transport system could be good, but for the fact that the government doesn't put money into it. Still, at least it's not as bad as the US one.
The worst thing which happened to the Irish PTS was getting rid of the trams. People thought at the time that not that everybody could get cars that the trams wouldn't be needed. We know better now. Projects are starting, with Luas in Dublin being the first. Hopefully the Cork city tram system will be re-established.
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Hmmm... time to get a life, don't you think? Josef Stalin a great socialist leader? Grow up! What Stalin set up was a State-Capitalist Bureaucracy. By ousting Trotsky and destroying the Soviets, he destroyed any chance the USSR had of working.
If you were trying to be funny, you weren't.
Can't disagree with you at all. It's easy to forget what is actually hidden in the taxes we pay. It would be good idea if the records of where all the money was going though...
:-(
BTW, we europeans in the IT sector work at least the same. I for one typically work 90 hours a week. So much for having a social life
Hmmm... and coming out of a recession, growth has picked up again, falling unemployment and a decent public transport system.
To be honest, Europe isn't as bad as you think it is. Our prices might be higher, but the quality of living for the population here is damned good.
<controversy>
WWI & WWII were the best things that happened to the US -- they let it accelerate past a Europe which had had it's economy destroyed by war.
</controversy>
You didn't like the dutch PTS? My god, but it's nice! Ok, Amsterdam's not the best example, Rotterdam's nicer, but still...
Spain's a bit crappy in that regard in fairness. It is still a rather poor country by European standards.
Not being stroppy or anything, jsut straightening things out. BTW, I don't have a car, don't want one, but might be forced to get one for travelling outside the city to clients in the country and suchforth...
This, though many people over here might complain about it, it probably a good thing...
In Ireland, our public transport system could be good, but for the fact that the government doesn't put money into it. Still, at least it's not as bad as the US one.
The worst thing which happened to the Irish PTS was getting rid of the trams. People thought at the time that not that everybody could get cars that the trams wouldn't be needed. We know better now. Projects are starting, with Luas in Dublin being the first. Hopefully the Cork city tram system will be re-established.