From: mrtravel on
Go Fig wrote:
> In article <HUGtg.65237$Lm5.35095(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, mrtravel
> <mrtravel(a)bcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Go Fig wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>and Medicare.
>>>
>>>
>>>The Feds have the States administer these programs so it can pass
>>>muster (for some).
>>>
>>
>>The states don't administer Medicare.
>
>
> No, but it is part of SS, and is premium based.

It is income based. You said "and Medicare" and then said "the states
administer these programs".
From: Stan de SD on

"Bailey Legull" <pluto(a)quentincrisp.com> wrote in message
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> Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> > At least they can always pretend everyone envies them.
>
> I'm constantly astonished by the stupidity of American workers. They
> work 50-hour weeks, get two weeks paid vacation, and still cheer when
> the boss tells them to. "This is the greatest country in the world!"
> they yell. "We're not like those stupid French!"
>
> All this without realizing the French work 35 hours a week, get three
> weeks off per year, and take two hours off at lunch to DRINK. Yeah,
> that's stupid all right. America *is* Number One -- in hours worked
> per person per week.

I don't recall America having double-digit unemployment rates like France,
or having rioting foreigners burning up cars on a regular basis.


From: Stan de SD on

<rr1980_5(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Bailey Legull wrote:
> > Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> > > At least they can always pretend everyone envies them.
> >
> > I'm constantly astonished by the stupidity of American workers. They
> > work 50-hour weeks, get two weeks paid vacation, and still cheer when
> > the boss tells them to. "This is the greatest country in the world!"
> > they yell. "We're not like those stupid French!"
> >
> > All this without realizing the French work 35 hours a week, get three
> > weeks off per year, and take two hours off at lunch to DRINK. Yeah,
> > that's stupid all right. America *is* Number One -- in hours worked
> > per person per week.
>
> Hang on there would be a riot if the French only got 3 weeks off.,
> more like 6 weeks ( 4 weeks is eu minimium) + bank holidays .
> America is a great country, but obviously full of .......... starting
> with the President.
> Its also got a lot of poor people, negelected by their own govenment
> as the world saw in New Orleans

People are "poor" in the US because they personally neglect things like
their own education and refuse to take any initiative in their lives.


From: Stan de SD on

"The Reid" <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Following up to Al Czervik
>
> >> All this without realizing the French work 35 hours a week, get three
> >> weeks off per year, and take two hours off at lunch to DRINK. Yeah,
> >> that's stupid all right. America *is* Number One -- in hours worked
> >> per person per week.
> >
> >French unemployment rate: 10%
> >US unemployment rate: 5%
>
> that's part of the mentality that says US must be right because
> its "richer" so lets all flog ourselves to death to own three
> cars and a load of useless stuff rather than have a good work
> life balance. Ultimately your competing with the Chinese with no
> leave, are you looking forward to celebrating 2% unemployment and
> no days off at all?
> --
> Mike Reid
> Shetland, Yell and Unst

Nobody is forced to work as an employee in the US. People are free to start
their own businesses if they think they can do better.


From: Stan de SD on

<caddyshack_al(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message
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>
> The Reid wrote:
> > Following up to caddyshack_al(a)my-deja.com
> >
> > >Individually, Americans are
> > >free to pursue any lifestyle.
> >
> > no difference from Europe, except we may have more time to do it.
>
> A worker can work without a vacation in France if he wishes?
>
> > >> Ultimately your competing with the Chinese with no
> > >> leave, are you looking forward to celebrating 2% unemployment and
> > >> no days off at all?
> > >
> > >I'm not looking forward to high unemployment. When the government
> > >starts telling us to work less, then we will be in trouble.
> >
> > No, that's when you will start to stop being in trouble.
>
> Focus like a laserbeam... Why are Americans in trouble because they
> work hard?

We pick up the slack for crybabies in Europe when it comes to defense, and
we also have a 2000-mile border with a third world nation that floods our
country with uneducated, unskilled workers that tend to consume more in
government services than they do in taxes. Sure, some big cities such as
A'dam and Brussel have problems with Islamic immigrants, but imagine driving
for hours in your own city and finding out that there are more locals
speaking Arabic than Dutch, German, or French, have little or no education,
are in the country illegally, and bankrupt local services such as schools
and hospitals. Change the people from Arabic to Spanish speaking, and you
have a snapshot view of Los Angeles.