I guess that has nothing to do with the fact that the unemployment rate for those parts of germany are 2 or 3 times the national average for Germany as a whole.
larry On 10/5/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > determination. You're right Gruss. We live in a communist society ;) If I > > could send you back to pre-Industrial England, I would. > > > > You're hyperbolizing my point into a caricature. An interesting thing > happened though. I was catching up on my NPR and yesterday's > Marketplace had a great little story on East Germany on the 15th > anniversary of re-unification. Guess what one of the major problems > is? > > They can't get some of the East Germans off the gov't dole. It seems > they've grown dependent on money they haven't earned in the open > market after many years of communism. They haven't learned to fend > for themselves and aren't participating in the market economy. > > Sound like one giant case study in minimum wage versus empowerment to me. > > http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/marketplace/2005/10/03_mpp?start=00:00:19:08.0&end=00:00:23:41.0 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175915 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
