ginger-haired-lard-arsed-money-grabbing-bitch wrote:
> Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
> > Let is be knownst that on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:19:25 -0000, "JohnT"
> > writted:
> >
> > >
> > >"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 ?
I use my gun to "hunt" scRunge...it's purely for the sport of the
chase, otherwise he is of no commercial value.
;---p
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Best
Greg
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