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   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Oct 29, 8:34 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are DEADLY PSYCHOPATHS"   
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   > On Oct 28, 7:36 pm, Dänk 42Ø  wrote:   
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   > > TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:   
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   > > > If you apply this lesson the hope of the world lies in the bicycle   
   > > > mechanic. Say we can employ 10% of the population in the bicycle   
   > > > industry and the rest in other high tech stuff. Let's make solar   
   > > > panels and windmills... Quixotic? Germany has 1% of the global   
   > > > workforce but exports 10% of the world's exports. More than America   
   > > > actually.   
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   > > > And they have made healthcare and bike facilities a reality for all.   
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   > > This month's issue of Scientific American has an article about Germany's   
   > > strong manufacturing sector.  The German experience contrasts the   
   > > American one: When cheap foreign labor put German textile companies out   
   > > of business, instead of a bailout the Germans began manufacturing   
   > > high-tech textile machines to sell to the foreign companies.   
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   > > Another reason Germany is so wealthy is because it refused to let itself   
   > > go into debt.  The massive debt and hyperinflation of the Weimar era led   
   > > to the rise of the Nazis, so Germans abhor debt.  In fact, the 500-euro   
   > > note is commonly described as the "German note," because Germany   
   > > demanded such a high denomination.  Unlike Americans and Greeks, Germans   
   > > hate debt and pay for as much as possible with cash.   
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   > > Since I mentioned Greece, consider how Germans must feel about that   
   > > country.  Imagine you are a German automotive factory worker, working   
   > > hard to earn your wage, a portion of which is taken as taxes.  You pay   
   > > for your groceries with cash and your electric bill by check.  Then you   
   > > look at your Greek counterpart at an unprofitable but subsidized goat   
   > > cheese factory, and notice that he gets paid the same euro-denominated   
   > > wage, but unlike you he also gets food and electric assistance from the   
   > > Greek government.  Now that government is broke and begging Germany for   
   > > a bailout, but it refuses to cut the freebies that Germans don't get.  I   
   > > imagine you would be pretty pissed off.   
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   > > Unfortunately, it is in Germany's interest to give Greece a bailout,   
   > > because its economy relies so heavily on exports.  If the euro   
   > > collapsed, the new German mark would strengthen considerably, hurting   
   > > exports.  Though Greece is a deadbeat, it is worth keeping it in the   
   > > euro because it weakens that currency, thus boosting German exports and   
   > > keeping German factory workers employed.   
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   > What's made the krauts successful is they have not gone wild with   
   > diversity.  they still allow too many immigrants in but not like   
   > france or america or uk.   
      
   I think they have a big issue with that. Remember most men were killed   
   in WWII so somebody had to do the reconstruction.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)