Doublewide
I'd prefer the later thanks. And I'll be keepin them guns...
Posted on 06/27/2010 8:52:10 PM PDT by mainsail that
MADRID — This was the deal that Gema Díaz, 34, thought she had made: When she took a job with this city as a purchasing agent 12 years ago, she knew her salary would be low.
But the income would be reliable. She could expect steady raises, manageable hours, six weeks of vacation, a good pension and the usual benefits — from free health care to subsidized housing.
Now, as Spain embarks on a range of austerity measures, the careful math of Ms. Díaz’s life is coming undone. Her salary is being cut. Her pension does not look so secure. Even the day care for her second child — due in August — will cost more.
“There can be no more illusions about getting help from the state,” said Ms. Díaz, at home on a recent evening in a charmless, government owned complex on the outskirts of the city. “We talk about it all the time. We talk about it with our friends. We talk about it with our family. The fear is the worst part.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Now, Ms. Díaz wishes she could take back those purchases"
Welcome to the real world, Ms. Diaz
Some humans are just sad.
I hardly think “we” newbies, should be gloating about over-spending Europeans...
Maybe instead, we should be bringing American jobs and factories, back here to the USA.
Just saying.
Vacations to Russia and China? I count myself luck to take a few days off around a weekend. I don’t think I have ever taken a real vacation. I wonder what it would be like?
Ping.
She still has a job, unlike many others. They have become so dependent on government that they fail to realize what they have compared to others.
I guess you should have passed on the big screen and vacations.
“I hardly think “we” newbies, should be gloating about over-spending Europeans...”
No one is gloating, we have the same feeling for the six figure state pensions all over US.
How cozy
Not just any vacation, but six weeks of vacation. Who gets six weeks of vacation? And I presume it’s paid. No wonder they’re tanking!
Aren't they all.
.
Yep
Gov’t workers, no matter how low their pay is, produce nothing - so by that measure, they will always be expensive.
I went to Canada with my parents when I was 16. I’ve never been in another foreign country. Stunningly, I own my house without the bank, my cars are paid for with cash, and we’re saving money for the kids to go to college, or have in a trust if a college degree is worthless in 12 years.
But I’ve never seen the Eiffel Tower at midnight! How can I live with myself! ;)
Doublewide
I'd prefer the later thanks. And I'll be keepin them guns...
Opps the middle pic is American public housing
I will repeat what I said in an earlier post.
I think this reflexive anti-Union fervor while understandable, is ‘fighting the last war’.
That’s so Vietnam.
China is about to replace us in every way, perhaps even destroy us in the process. And we’re too distracted arguing about Jimmy Hoffa to even notice.
Sun Tsu must be laughing at “Meiguo” (that would be us) right now.
For as long as we’ll be around that is.
Unless we wake the “f” up.
Which incidentally, I believe Chinese actually wish we would! America has been quite highly thought of in China for a very long time. But if we become weak, that will end. Immediately.
That historical interplay (such as the Flying Tigers, and our own role in defeating those who inflicted upon China the “rape of Nanjing”) doesn’t mean they won’t demolish us, if we continue deliberately ignoring the fact we’re becoming weaker by the day, and keep acquiescing at every turn, and most importantly, if we fail to stand up pretty darn soon.
Go rent a Kung-Fu movie. Watch it.
Understand it.
Chinese expect conflict. They don’t, however, respect weakness!
If fact, Chinese despise weakness.
It is the one sure way, to guarantee we will be destroyed by them. It is like the exact opposite, of our own sensibilities.
The old saying (not originally applied to Chinese, but pertinent none the less) is “at your feet, or at your throat”...
It is very much in our national interest, to maintain (at very least) industrial and geopolitical parity with the Peoples Republic of China.
Because if we don’t, this poster guarantees we will not like the result.
Really, are no adults in charge in Washington? Even in those alphabet offices? And are no FReepers even slightly awake?
What in the world?
Spanish public housing
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.