Posted on 11/22/2023 9:21:39 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
This week at work a team member was talking about how her 23 year old son who is done with college is itching to move to Germany because he is tired of the USA and what is going on here.
Two other co-workers chimed in saying how everything is wonderful in Germany and that so much is "free" and one the lady has a friend who moved to Germany from the USA and she loves it because of once again all the "free" they get.
I wanted to explode and tell them nowhere is like the USA and that they should be thankful. Europe is not all its cracked up to be but they they want the USA to became Europe for all the "free" they will get.
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We can hope the fool does move to Germany and takes along many others.
My youngest Daughter says she is moving to Italy in a year. I don’t think she is thinking this through. For all of our country’s faults, she is still living in the greatest country on the planet. Italy is in a state of perpetual chaos financially. I hope she comes to her senses before she makes a very big mistake.
Amen to that
I'm pinging a FReeper who's retired military and lives in Germany for his input.
Thanks
I hope the person moves to Germany. One less person looking for a free ride in the USA.
There’s no free lunch. Someone is working to pay for that — mainly each citizen through taxes.
Germany has taken in a lot of Muslims, and now they will take Palestinian refugees. That may cause some social issues. And if the U.S. escalates the war against Russia via Ukraine, there could be war problems. Not a good time to move to Europe, I think.
Seeing is believing.
I think it was Douglas Murray who said the best thing you can do to cultivate gratitude toward what you have is to see what it is like without.
Didn’t even try to point out how much in taxes that free stuff cost.
They’d become indoctrinated. Reminded me of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Crazy
“I wanted to explode and tell them nowhere is like the USA...”
No, no, let them go, encourage them. Tell them to tear up their passports so they aren’t tempted to come back.
It cracks me up how many Zero-G tuba players are wanting to move to a Europe soon to be run by Muslim Terrorists and everyone else on the friggin’ planet is sneaking into America. Tells me that those Zero-Gs trannies aren’t very bright.
“Didn’t even try to point out how much in taxes that free stuff cost.”
Well, that only matters if you’re actually paying taxes.
You want ‘free stuff’? Go to Europe.
You want to ‘earn stuff’? Come to America.
We’re the land of opportunity, not the land of gibsmedat.
Or, at least, that’s the way it’s supposed to be ...
Has she ever been to Italy, even for a sightseeing trip?
I have a friend who picked up and moved to Galveston without ever going for a visit before hand. She wanted to live by the beach. Two years later, she’s ready to sell that house.
The grass isn’t always greener.
True as well.
He should definitely go. One thing he’ll realize early on is that his media-fueled misconceptions about Europe are no better than his media-fueled misconceptions about his own country. Just different.
Saw an old Army buddy on vacation in July, we were stationed at the same battery at Hahn AB. I was best man at his wedding. During our visit, I heard her speak English for the first time. Nearly all of our conversations were In German my last two years there.
Having lived in Germany, Austria, Hungary and France, there truly are things that are better on the other side of the pond. Mostly, those are cultural products like art, music, architecture, from their much longer history. When I was younger and lived over there I did like the more compact cities because it made things much easier to go meet with friends in the evening. Now that I’m older and have a dog, I appreciate space much more.
There is no doubt whatsoever that the standard of living in Europe is LOWER than the standard of living in the US. Yes, that is true of even wealthier countries like Germany and Austria. Also, life is nowhere near as convenient in Europe as it is in America and you are not nearly as free. Move to a new address? You’re supposed to go notify the police of your new address. As a gun collector now, you are nowhere near as free to do that. Drive right up and park? Forget it. Being able to shop anytime? Nope. Freedom of speech? Don’t even think about it.
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