ing.cocksucking.dwarf.com> c145e919   
   XPost: or.politics, talk.politics.guns, rec.sport.golf   
   From: oce@n.ic   
      
   On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:34:03 -0700   
   Klaus  Schadenfreude  wrote:   
      
   > [Default] On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 02:55:15 -0000 (UTC), Baxter   
   >  typed:   
   >   
   > >Alan  wrote in news:u917lt$qmlf$2@dont-email.me:   
   > >   
   > >> On 2023-07-15 19:58, Baxter wrote:   
   > >>> Alan  wrote in news:u8uojv$f1eh$1@dont-email.me:   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> On 2023-07-15 01:44, Jon Rand wrote:   
   > >>>>> And you wonder why the USA is such a fucked up place.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> I wonder why you THINK it is...   
   > >>>>   
   > >>> Some people have traveled to other contries and wrote about it.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> We can also see various statistics.   
   > >>   
   > >> Such as?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > >Check out paid vacation time for workers in Europe vs the US.   
   > >   
   > >=============   
   > >European Union legislation mandates that all 27 member states must by law   
   > >grant all employees a minimum of 4 weeks of paid vacation. Workers are   
   > >entitled to 10 days paid annual leave for each complete year of service.   
   > >Every employee is also entitled to 12 paid public holidays.   
   > >   
   > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_annual_leave_by_country   
   >   
   > That's because they're a bunch of lazy assholes.   
   >   
   > USA's GDP per capita on a purchasing power parity basis (always   
   > required when comparing countries due to currencies and other factors   
   > affecting purchasing power) of $63,543 is 43% higher than the EU   
   > average of $44,491.   
      
      
   The real metrics always win out.   
      
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