[wolf78]

It seems that in Greece, you can retire at 58 and receive a pension for the rest of your life. And for some odd reason, they get paid for 14 months a year. So Germany, who has a retirement age of 67 and only gets paid for the actual number of days in the year (snort!), will be paying for Greeks to sit around 11 years more than they do.

Another interesting statistic: Germany's civil service sector (including defense, education etc.) is about 10-12%, in the US it's slightly more (15% in 2002), in Greece it's more than one third.

[FreedomPoster]

If Obama gets his way, we’ll be more like Greece’s numbers in another 6 years.

And I wonder if those numbers you present include GM in the gov’t sector? AIG? Etc.

[Ken H]

Germany's civil service sector (including defense, education etc.) is about 10-12%, in the US it's slightly more (15% in 2002), in Greece it's more than one third.

I would think the US % would be much higher now. What years were used for Germany and Greece.

Also, do you know if the US figure includes the state and municipal sectors?