Also in France, the only way to advance your career is to wait for someone to die, basically whatever job you have at the start of your career is typically the last one you'll have.
Then I guess must be real old because I always took care of my own retirement and never thought that it was anyone's elses responsibility.
Working at the state level most of the people I knew who went to work for the state had only one thing in mind, not how well to do a job but to stick it out so they can collect their retirement at age 50 then they could go somewhere else. Or so they've told me. That's kind of what 'entitlement' mentalities provide, not to do a good job but to stick it out, do the job well enough not to get fired so you can collect in the end. And then there are people who want to do a good job and thus get promoted and get better pay and end up retiring when they want to with a million in the bank.
"Here, we obsess with saving our jobs. There, life balance is better whenever it's measured."
I've been there I would never say its better, in fact I feel sad for them, there is no exceptional-ism, most of time I've stayed always left with a feeling they are just existing, not for the worse but not fort he best either.
"We skip vacations, work thru lunch. They do neither. And get more holidays and vacation time. Some have shorter work weeks"
That's a choice people make, I can't say for others. I enjoy my work so I do extraordinary well at it.
IMHO go there if you like that stuff, no one would stop you unless they they have a harder stance on immigration than the U.S which oddly enough they do.
"Why are employment situations in the EU so much better?"
Even at it's worse, employment situation in the U.S is far better than the EU. Pure propaganda.
I agree, I would even add not providing them any access to our R&D work so they can put their won money into advancing their healthcare, let's see how much more their programs get stretched as well.
"You seem to forget that you are 5% of the world, not the whole one. Improve that, and you will see how people will start liking you again."
Who cares? no one likes the big dog on the block because they all want to be him. I love how much you guys point out small things that the U.S Government has done, but not that the U.S people also give to 'needy' countries the most, or that when it wins a war, the U.S never has taken the 'spoils' of victory as any other country would. In fact they end up rebuilding their country for them. Ya big bad U.S.
What gets me is that people who believe in socialism see others by what their Government does, not so in America. American's judge others by what they do, not their Governments.
In truth in socialist scale, there is communism on the left and fascism on the right, on the free-market scale there is total anarchy on the right and total Government control on the left, The scales are often mistaken to be the one and the same.
Odd My mother would have been alive today if Canadian healthcare would have provided for better coverage for their elderly. I tried to have her come to the U.S for her bladder cancer treatments, it was caught early, but they (Canadian doctors) said she would loose her coverage if she came here. So she stayed and ended up dieing, her great doctor told me in the end, "Even if we saved her, how many more years would she have had?" as if their delay in treating her was a good thing. This just goes to show you the mentality of government run healthcare.
So you obviously don't read well, I said I grew up in poverty but was able to get out of it. Whats pathetic is for people like you who don't even take the time to bother to read what your posting about.
Now that is different, I've been across the US from New York to San Fransisco and all and up down the costs and never saw that. I'm in Atlanta and I still never saw that.
Unless we want to fight decades of war we will never impose our own values on the rest of the world."
Personally I like Germany to be like Germany, France to be like France, the Great Britain to be like Great Britain, and the U.S to be like the U.S. I like the differences, it makes things much more interesting than everything having to be the same. I have no desire for them to have our values, if the don't them.
You can't find any liberal studies because only the social conservatives are concerned with these straw man arguments
Why start your sentence with an obvious lie? For the first time I actually thought we were opening the lines of communication between right and left ideologies and then you go ahead with this crap.
Here is where the information from the study was done, before anyone attacks it because it was done by the Heritage Foundation, I would have provided studies from more liberal studies but could not find any.
Slashdot Mirror
Agreed.
Good thing those nasty old Republicans aren't running the show. They might force the Feds to get a search warrant or something.
Sadly neither side is the epitome of Liberty, but Democrats are no better, that is for sure.
Ask your lawyers, as I'm sure you should have some by now.
Also in France, the only way to advance your career is to wait for someone to die, basically whatever job you have at the start of your career is typically the last one you'll have.
Thanks for taking it out of context, I wasn't making that connection. Although when you think of it it has a bit to do with exceptional-ism.
"Here, we obsess with saving our jobs. There, life balance is better whenever it's measured."
I've been there I would never say its better, in fact I feel sad for them, there is no exceptional-ism, most of time I've stayed always left with a feeling they are just existing, not for the worse but not fort he best either.
"We skip vacations, work thru lunch. They do neither. And get more holidays and vacation time. Some have shorter work weeks"
That's a choice people make, I can't say for others. I enjoy my work so I do extraordinary well at it. IMHO go there if you like that stuff, no one would stop you unless they they have a harder stance on immigration than the U.S which oddly enough they do.
"Why are employment situations in the EU so much better?" Even at it's worse, employment situation in the U.S is far better than the EU. Pure propaganda.
+1 Insightful
20 petaflops of performance...
Pfffft that all?!
My thoughts exactly.
Should be asking a lawyer? They can give you a better prepared answer geared to your unique issues?
If you think American's don't give a shit then you don't know Americans, they would rather have their boys and girls at home.
I agree, I would even add not providing them any access to our R&D work so they can put their won money into advancing their healthcare, let's see how much more their programs get stretched as well.
"You seem to forget that you are 5% of the world, not the whole one. Improve that, and you will see how people will start liking you again." Who cares? no one likes the big dog on the block because they all want to be him. I love how much you guys point out small things that the U.S Government has done, but not that the U.S people also give to 'needy' countries the most, or that when it wins a war, the U.S never has taken the 'spoils' of victory as any other country would. In fact they end up rebuilding their country for them. Ya big bad U.S.
And yet we see Europe moving backwards as a people.
What gets me is that people who believe in socialism see others by what their Government does, not so in America. American's judge others by what they do, not their Governments.
In truth in socialist scale, there is communism on the left and fascism on the right, on the free-market scale there is total anarchy on the right and total Government control on the left, The scales are often mistaken to be the one and the same.
Odd My mother would have been alive today if Canadian healthcare would have provided for better coverage for their elderly. I tried to have her come to the U.S for her bladder cancer treatments, it was caught early, but they (Canadian doctors) said she would loose her coverage if she came here. So she stayed and ended up dieing, her great doctor told me in the end, "Even if we saved her, how many more years would she have had?" as if their delay in treating her was a good thing. This just goes to show you the mentality of government run healthcare.
So whats their agenda with this piece?
So you obviously don't read well, I said I grew up in poverty but was able to get out of it. Whats pathetic is for people like you who don't even take the time to bother to read what your posting about.
Now that is different, I've been across the US from New York to San Fransisco and all and up down the costs and never saw that. I'm in Atlanta and I still never saw that.
I was referencing this particular straw man argument
My point being this isn't a straw man argument.
Unless we want to fight decades of war we will never impose our own values on the rest of the world."
Personally I like Germany to be like Germany, France to be like France, the Great Britain to be like Great Britain, and the U.S to be like the U.S. I like the differences, it makes things much more interesting than everything having to be the same. I have no desire for them to have our values, if the don't them.
You can't find any liberal studies because only the social conservatives are concerned with these straw man arguments
Why start your sentence with an obvious lie? For the first time I actually thought we were opening the lines of communication between right and left ideologies and then you go ahead with this crap.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/277040/strange-facts-about-america-s-poor-robert-rector
some high-lights;
Eighty percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, in 1970, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
Fully 92 percent of poor households have a microwave; two-thirds have at least one DVD player and 70 percent have a VCR.
Nearly 75 percent have a car or truck; 31 percent have two or more cars or trucks.
Four out of five poor adults assert they were never hungry at any time in the prior year due to lack of money for food.
Nearly two-thirds have cable or satellite television.
Half have a personal computer; one in seven have two or more computers.
More than half of poor families with children have a video game system such as Xbox or PlayStation.
Just under half — 43 percent — have Internet access.
A third have a widescreen plasma or LCD TV.
One in every four has a digital video recorder such as TiVo.
Does this mean there are no truly poor? no, of course not, it does show that we have different ideas of what is classified as poor.