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How? Well they're educated, hard working, have a commitment to doing things properly, don't sit around and blame the government or others for their failures and they actually have a commitment to making things and supporting local manufacturers.
Contrast that with our country where social ills bleed into schools, people can't afford to go to college, voting based on morals instead of rational thought and a tendency to blame the government instead of stepping up and taking ownership for ones own failures.
Germany is a great country with nice people. They deserve their success. They're a good role model for us, but we're typically too busy whining about things.
How? Well they're educated, hard working, have a commitment to doing things properly, don't sit around and blame the government or others for their failures and they actually have a commitment to making things and supporting local manufacturers.
Contrast that with our country where social ills bleed into schools, people can't afford to go to college, voting based on morals instead of rational thought and a tendency to blame the government instead of stepping up and taking ownership for ones own failures.
Germany is a great country with nice people. They deserve their success. They're a good role model for us, but we're typically too busy whining about things.
All those things its been said would kill Americas ability to compete. In a less poisoned political environment, maybe this would jolt people into examining why the map America is using does not seem to fit the terrain.
All those things its been said would kill Americas ability to compete. In a less poisoned political environment, maybe this would jolt people into examining why the map America is using does not seem to fit the terrain.
you don't say
all those 'liberal' ideas working so well :roll eyes:
actually is there (or has there been) any place where strict conservative/libertarian laizez faire type economy works very well?
All those things its been said would kill Americas ability to compete. In a less poisoned political environment, maybe this would jolt people into examining why the map America is using does not seem to fit the terrain.
So how the **** are German corporations and rich people putting up with their oppressive taxation?
All those things its been said would kill Americas ability to compete. In a less poisoned political environment, maybe this would jolt people into examining why the map America is using does not seem to fit the terrain.
That is one of the worst attempts to try to steal other people's money I have seen in a long time... none of that has to do with EXPORTS... you know moving PHYSICAL objects you made in your country to another country for sale...
What exactly are the German's exporting? How much of it are they exporting? What protectionist measures are in place? Where are they exporting to? When is all of this occurring? I hate journalism that can't answer 5 basic questions...
"Germany has the right stuff this year to overtake the United States into second place. That's due to the strong euro because trade data is calculated in dollars. Germany should also be able to hold onto second place in 2014 as well," DIHK foreign trade head Volker Treier said.
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