[Torie]

The Swedes also have longer holidays. It some ways, a study like this is apples and oranges.

[Senator Pardek]

The Swedes also have longer holidays. It some ways, a study like this is apples and oranges.

Not quite. Homeless people have the longest vacations of all. One pays for one's vacations with "quality of life".

BTW how are things going at the Pentagon? ;)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #10

Longer holiday's benefit might not be big enough to cancel the effect of higher price in just about every consumer commodity on one's pocketbook.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Well then, I guess people on welfare here who don't work are really making it just fine. Just think of all of the days off they have. (/sarcasm) One reason the socialists in Europe are going to fail is because they have to compete with the U.S. and Japan...we work while they play and in the long run (maybe not so long), they will have to pay for the time they took off and the deadweight workers they won't fire...

[WaterDragon]

Longer holidays is part of Europe's economic problems. Workers paid not to work do nothing for productivity.

[McGavin999]

The Swedes also have longer holidays. It some ways, a study like this is apples and oranges

Not really Torie. The Swedes have longer holidays therefore they will live longer. Under normal circumstances that would be an ideal situation, however, there are some serious demographics problems coming their way. They have fewer and fewer people who are paying taxes. They are allowing immigration to get out of hand and many of these people are draining the system rather than contribute to it. What good is it if you live longer, the state runs out of money and can't pay your pension and healthcare during the period of your life when you need it most?

It seems to me there are some VERY serious problems ahead for the Swedes, and especially those Swedes who were planning on retiring sometime before they die.

[Texasforever]

The Swedes also have longer holidays

Yep and for those that can't afford to go away for their holiday, they have that bitchin' heroin program. LOL