Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
> Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:19:25 -0000, "JohnT"
> writted:
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> >
> >"Gregory Morrow" wrote in message
> >news:1167365237.624329.47400@48g2000cwx.googlegroups.com...
> >>
> >> Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Gregory Morrow" writes:
> >>>
> >>> >Sounds great to me too, but somebody has to *work* to support all the
> >>> >folks taking those long holidays, taking retirement at 55, receiving
> >>> >generous benefits, etc...
> >>>
> >>> Seriously, taking five weeks holiday as opposed to... two(?) is probably
> >>> going to result in a net gain in productivity. Burnout is a bad thing.
> >>
> >>
> >> True. Everyone should have a guaranteed minimum of four weeks
> >> holiday...it's the civilised thing to do.
> >>
> >> But when holidaying becomes the end - all and be - all the work ethic
> >> suffers. Look at some of the countries of "Old Europe", you'll see
> >> they are declining...
> >>
> >
> >Can you please explain how the work ethic in the USA has resulted in a
> >National Debt of US $477 billion?
>
> Work ethic has little to do with the success of a country. The
> Japanese and Germans are famed for their work ethic, but oddly their
> economies are just limping along.
>
> Americans are being completely ripped off. They work a lot more hours
> than Europeans, (and a lot more than Americans did a generation ago)
> yet they are still up to their eyeballs in debt.
isnt that why they all own guns ?
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