Of course, since the stinking liberals insist that I turn over my profits BECAUSE I worked my ass off, it kind of kills productivity, dont you think? Here I am, working EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK and they want to take any profit I make. If THEY were in power, why the HELL would I bust my ass to make as much as someone that has three day weekends and seven hour days?
My above statement is WHY the Eu is nothing comapared to us economically. It might not sound "Intellectual," but it is nevertheless the truth of the situation.
My girlfriend works for a German conglomerate in the US. She gets paid American wages (which for her, is six-figures), but gets European hours (35/week) and European vacation time (5-6 weeks a year, I believe). She has the best of both worlds, and they get bent out of shape if she doesn't take her vacation or works more than 35 hours a week; by her nature she tends to work more of an American schedule. Compared to European companies, American companies are vastly more productive, and it is pretty obvious why (I worked with major French conglomerates for a couple years and got a first hand lesson in bureaucratic inefficiency and being forced to work with only marginally useful employees that would have been axed in this country).