I start a new job soon. It pays about $10K less than my current job and will probably be more work. I chose with whom I am willing to do business, and I do business based on a lot of factors, pay is only one of them, and by far not the most important.
True for almost all countries, though some places in the US it is a lot easier than many places in Europe. Been to Venice Beach, CA lately? Half the "vendors" these days tell you, as you go by, "Doctor is in, need a prescription?" It is seriously cool.
You mean like gay marriage
Covered by "there are obvious and absurd exceptions" and also by the fact that also in this the US is not vastly different from most of Europe.
Correct, but throw in Germany, Scandinavia (where public sector employees basically can not be fired or let go, and where a good half of the working population are public sector workers), Greece (see Scandinavia), Spain (see Scandinavia) etc, and you are pretty close to "most of Europe", actually, you are getting real close to "almost all of Europe outside of the UK".
Lets. EU directive 2006/24/EC - on the retention of data generated... mandates that all EU citizens engaging in electronic communications are watched 24/7, all of their movements, who they talk to, how long the conversation was, etc is stored and made accessible for "the law" whenever they please. Given that all this is stored with location data, essentially what is stored is
Where you were
Who you were with.
To whom you were talking, emailing, faxing or otherwise communicating, including the duration of the communication.
This is a massive intrusion into your privacy. The police will essentially be able, through trivial cross referencing, to ascertain if you are cheating on your wife, with whom, how often. If you are socializing with "undesired" elements of society, where, when, how often. If you are cheating your employer and goofing off in Disneyland with the kids when you claim you are sick etc..
Surveillance is unparallelled in the history of the world. Not even STASI kept this close an eye on the population. Sadly, nobody in Europe seems to care that they are now to be monitored every step they take, every person they meet, every place they go to, every person they talk, email or otherwise communicate with. It's insane. That the law is allowed and that people don't give a sh*t.
Germany seems to be doing OK, and they have strong labour protection laws
They are? The entire system of "saving Greece" is set up, not to save Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Ireland and other EU countries in dire straits, it is set up to save German (and some Freench) banks. Germany is doing OK simply because Merkel is using the EU to prop it up. Once the house of cards that is the Euro collapses, Germany will be the first to hurt badly. Greece will immediately feel strong relief at not having to prop up German banks.
No, it doesn't. Maintenance is good for you, but it is bad for society and it is really bad for insurance companies. About 80% of your medical costs will come at the last few years of your life. For society and insurance you should smoke, drink, whore, gamble, do drugs and generally live on the edge while at the same time being relatively productive. You should then die of a cardiac event two days before your retirement. That is the most cost effective.
Moving from the US to Europe for me meant no more silly laws about wearing bike helmets, picking up dog poo, drinking in public, smoking pot, constantly having to show my ID for not having quite enough grey in my beard
Italy is not Europe. Most European countries have stricter laws than the US in most of these areas, with individual exceptions. German laws are draconian as all hell. In Norway they seemingly take your children away from you if you are horrible enough to have them sleep in your bed. Also Norway has mandatory jail sentence for one, and only once offence, drunk driving. What is drunk driving? One drink.
Sorry, should have been a little bit more specific. The EU as an organization is the greatest threat to democracy in Europe. North Korea is not a threat to anyone not living in North Korea. That might of course change if they manage to make a viable nuclear warhead, but if they do and they put it on top of a fueled rocket, they will seize to exist, so I am not too worried about the latest Kim.
Remember, the first syllable of assumption is ass. You are one. I am not from the US, so your ASSumption about what "my country" is is wrong making all of your drivel, well drivel. I live and work in Europe. One of the few countries of Europe where the economy is not FUBAR.
So the only people who have manners are people who agree with you politically. That's an interesting definition of manners. I think the latest Kim in North Korea thinks a lot of people in and outside of North Korea lacks manners.
In fact, actually, few people I know personally DO have it
I re-checked my data, they had changed substantially since I lived in the US. Apparently one in six can not afford insurance. That is too high. Your are right, I was wrong. The US has the best health care system in the world for the insured, but the uninsured rate is far too high. Interestingly this means that effectively a significant portion of the US population already is on socialist medical care, the most expensive kind (ER) which should give rise to serious changes. I would expect that putting the entire population on some sort of socialized care would be significantly cheaper then the current situation. ERs are expensive.
I believe you'll find a huge positive correlation between infant deaths and lack of insurance
That wasn't listed as a factor.
and one in six cannot.
OK, this has changed quite a bit since I lived in the US. If the number is this high, I will tend to agree with you. The problem of the un-insured always needed to be solved, but it wasn't as high as one in six last time I checked, arguably some time back. Your point.
the USA we've PROVEN that most republicans are mentally handicapped five year olds
Particularly the neo-cons. Who are left-wing democrats, right? They are all mentally handicapped five year olds. Look at Obama. He was going to fix everything, but tramples on the constitution MORE than GWB did when he, for example, covertly murders US citizens abroad with no process.
Health care is not even close to the main reason for this. The thing that gives the US the best health care is the fact that patients generally get treatment when needed, as needed. Longevity, for example, is a factor of life style more than a factor of health care. Infant mortality rate is the US is high, but it is entirely dependent on socio-demografic factors, not on health care. St. Louis does, for example, have an extreme mortality rate, while other zip codes in the US have mortality rates down towards what Sweden has.
Yes. Did you have any other dumb questions or do you think it will be that easy to order US soldiers to attack a significant portion of the US population and kill them. The US is not Syria.
This ignores the fact that most people are powerless against their employers
They are not. They can leave. It costs money to re-train an employee. It costs money to find a new employee. This is why business managers these days are using words like "retention".
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but by the one who pays more
I start a new job soon. It pays about $10K less than my current job and will probably be more work. I chose with whom I am willing to do business, and I do business based on a lot of factors, pay is only one of them, and by far not the most important.
You mean like smoking pot?
True for almost all countries, though some places in the US it is a lot easier than many places in Europe. Been to Venice Beach, CA lately? Half the "vendors" these days tell you, as you go by, "Doctor is in, need a prescription?" It is seriously cool.
You mean like gay marriage
Covered by "there are obvious and absurd exceptions" and also by the fact that also in this the US is not vastly different from most of Europe.
France and Italy != "most of Europe"
Correct, but throw in Germany, Scandinavia (where public sector employees basically can not be fired or let go, and where a good half of the working population are public sector workers), Greece (see Scandinavia), Spain (see Scandinavia) etc, and you are pretty close to "most of Europe", actually, you are getting real close to "almost all of Europe outside of the UK".
That they were living high on government contracts.
Lets. EU directive 2006/24/EC - on the retention of data generated... mandates that all EU citizens engaging in electronic communications are watched 24/7, all of their movements, who they talk to, how long the conversation was, etc is stored and made accessible for "the law" whenever they please. Given that all this is stored with location data, essentially what is stored is
This is a massive intrusion into your privacy. The police will essentially be able, through trivial cross referencing, to ascertain if you are cheating on your wife, with whom, how often. If you are socializing with "undesired" elements of society, where, when, how often. If you are cheating your employer and goofing off in Disneyland with the kids when you claim you are sick etc..
Surveillance is unparallelled in the history of the world. Not even STASI kept this close an eye on the population. Sadly, nobody in Europe seems to care that they are now to be monitored every step they take, every person they meet, every place they go to, every person they talk, email or otherwise communicate with. It's insane. That the law is allowed and that people don't give a sh*t.
Germany seems to be doing OK, and they have strong labour protection laws
They are? The entire system of "saving Greece" is set up, not to save Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Ireland and other EU countries in dire straits, it is set up to save German (and some Freench) banks. Germany is doing OK simply because Merkel is using the EU to prop it up. Once the house of cards that is the Euro collapses, Germany will be the first to hurt badly. Greece will immediately feel strong relief at not having to prop up German banks.
maintenence ensures fewer costlier issues later
No, it doesn't. Maintenance is good for you, but it is bad for society and it is really bad for insurance companies. About 80% of your medical costs will come at the last few years of your life. For society and insurance you should smoke, drink, whore, gamble, do drugs and generally live on the edge while at the same time being relatively productive. You should then die of a cardiac event two days before your retirement. That is the most cost effective.
Moving from the US to Europe for me meant no more silly laws about wearing bike helmets, picking up dog poo, drinking in public, smoking pot, constantly having to show my ID for not having quite enough grey in my beard
Italy is not Europe. Most European countries have stricter laws than the US in most of these areas, with individual exceptions. German laws are draconian as all hell. In Norway they seemingly take your children away from you if you are horrible enough to have them sleep in your bed. Also Norway has mandatory jail sentence for one, and only once offence, drunk driving. What is drunk driving? One drink.
Some responsible adult should probably slap you silly like the manic pre-teen you are
Wow. Violence to people who disagree with you. How adult. You boy need to tell your mummy to not let you use the computer until you turn 13.
Wow. Interesting thoughts. So what time machine did you arrive into the 21st century on? How did you manage to get a hike on a time machine in 1780?
Seriously - you've heard of North Korea
Sorry, should have been a little bit more specific. The EU as an organization is the greatest threat to democracy in Europe. North Korea is not a threat to anyone not living in North Korea. That might of course change if they manage to make a viable nuclear warhead, but if they do and they put it on top of a fueled rocket, they will seize to exist, so I am not too worried about the latest Kim.
could list dozens of cutting edge drugs invented in UK first
We are all ears.
My school was founded before your country
Remember, the first syllable of assumption is ass. You are one. I am not from the US, so your ASSumption about what "my country" is is wrong making all of your drivel, well drivel. I live and work in Europe. One of the few countries of Europe where the economy is not FUBAR.
any manners
So the only people who have manners are people who agree with you politically. That's an interesting definition of manners. I think the latest Kim in North Korea thinks a lot of people in and outside of North Korea lacks manners.
So nothing to contribute. That is an indication of low intellect. I have to assume you are retarded.
I'm sure you are a Libertarian
I am.
Want to be treated like an adult, you get the consequences of being an adult
So punching someone in the face is adult? Not for the adults of this world. Grow up. Get out of your mommys house. Get an education. Get a job.
In fact, actually, few people I know personally DO have it
I re-checked my data, they had changed substantially since I lived in the US. Apparently one in six can not afford insurance. That is too high. Your are right, I was wrong. The US has the best health care system in the world for the insured, but the uninsured rate is far too high. Interestingly this means that effectively a significant portion of the US population already is on socialist medical care, the most expensive kind (ER) which should give rise to serious changes. I would expect that putting the entire population on some sort of socialized care would be significantly cheaper then the current situation. ERs are expensive.
I believe you'll find a huge positive correlation between infant deaths and lack of insurance
That wasn't listed as a factor.
and one in six cannot.
OK, this has changed quite a bit since I lived in the US. If the number is this high, I will tend to agree with you. The problem of the un-insured always needed to be solved, but it wasn't as high as one in six last time I checked, arguably some time back. Your point.
the USA we've PROVEN that most republicans are mentally handicapped five year olds
Particularly the neo-cons. Who are left-wing democrats, right? They are all mentally handicapped five year olds. Look at Obama. He was going to fix everything, but tramples on the constitution MORE than GWB did when he, for example, covertly murders US citizens abroad with no process.
We have far from the best...
Health care is not even close to the main reason for this. The thing that gives the US the best health care is the fact that patients generally get treatment when needed, as needed. Longevity, for example, is a factor of life style more than a factor of health care. Infant mortality rate is the US is high, but it is entirely dependent on socio-demografic factors, not on health care. St. Louis does, for example, have an extreme mortality rate, while other zip codes in the US have mortality rates down towards what Sweden has.
Yes. Did you have any other dumb questions or do you think it will be that easy to order US soldiers to attack a significant portion of the US population and kill them. The US is not Syria.
Did you ever read the 2nd amendment? A single person at an airport is hardly a "well regulated Militia". Stop fighting straw men.
I am. An employee can always leave. Why would that be a problem?
This ignores the fact that most people are powerless against their employers
They are not. They can leave. It costs money to re-train an employee. It costs money to find a new employee. This is why business managers these days are using words like "retention".