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Germany's capitalism vs US capitalism
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It is no different then a American going to Paris or Amsterdam and doing a documentry or something about how it really is in Europe. Cmon, he is driving a Porcshe married to powerful bitches daughter and his kids will have nice trust fund for future generations off our backs.
Rant over. Sorry.
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We've already determined that previously so how about sharing your opinion on why Germany's middle class possesses more buying power than America's. Germany is a capitalistic society and so is America's so why is Germany's capitalism rewarding their middle class more handsomely than the US's 21st century version of capitalism.
I do agree that CEO salaries in our country are outta control, for example executives at Daimler where I worked got paid well but not to such an exagerration that is prevalent here. But I know there is alot more secrecy too, not as much public info regarding compensation.
1. American worker vs German worker / American Education system vs German education system. There is no comparison.
2. Germany is a worldwide banking hub. Since the worldwide economic recession, their economy took off when everyone else's was hurting. Everything is by design.
There's a big difference between and entrepreneur who assumes all the financial risk and a hired gun who risks nothing personally. Risk deserves reward commensurate with the size of the risk. If you risk nothing, then why do you deserve the big reward? Just because you're in charge? At that point you're just another employee.
Put another way, the government appears to control corporations in Germany. Corporations control the government here. If you all actually knew the extent of the bribery that goes on, you'd be shocked. Look up Randy Cunningham (R, San Diego). Check out his bribery list. You all don't think he's the only one, do ya?
I heard they're changing the name of the US Treasury to Goldman Sachs. :-)
You can come from any EU country and live but you are last in line for work behind a German citizen.
Also if you are an immigrant dont expect s free ride.
I think the turning point was Agenda 2010.
The starting point came on March 14, 2003, with a speech in parliament by then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD), who said, "We will have to limit the state's contributions, promote personal responsibility and demand more initiative from each individual."
Our leaders could learn a lot from the fatherland.
Why Obama Cannot Match Germany's Jobs Miracle
Their Beer and Chocolate are WAAAAAAAYYYYYYY BETTER!
I'm telling u guys, they are the banking hub capital of the world. And because of this, their reach is far and profitable. And it trickles down to a middle class that is better educated, more disciplined, and harder working than our middle class. It's that simple. It's one part economic advantage and another part sweat equity.
I asked a similar question in another thread and never got an answer.
Pit Row
Damn iPhone won't let me edit my posts.
That is how u close the gap to the CEO.
The American culture of middle America isn't known for its discipline or work ethic. It's largely uneducated, entitled, undisciplined, and not the hardest worker. Isn't Walmart one of our countries largest employers? Shouldn't that answer the question as to why our middle class is dead?
We may never have that sorta system. But that isn't why our education system is a failure.
Our education system has been under funded since the 70s. The last time our gov cared was during the 40s and 50s when we needed to be smarter than Russia.
Out of that spending came a smarter population, but at a cost. It also spawned a more aware population and thus the whole anti-war hippy movement of the 60s on forward. A smart population is seen as a threat to our establishment. The school system has been paying the price ever since.
And in turn, we as a society care even less than ever about our kids education. We treat it like a daycare and we make a teachers job unfullfiling and impossible. We fail our school system today every bit as much if not more than our politicians do.
Our countries tirans of industry has figured out a way to survive (for now) and thrive with a middle class that has a 3rd grade education and a work ethic that only aspires to work at Walmart. It is what it is.
And I'm not even getting into the other reasons why Germany is more efficient than us. Healthcare, and their general view on it is vastly different than ours. They eat/live healthier than we do and so they waste less on useless health care costs. All this sorta cultural stuff adds up and takes its toll on a economy.
If people want a solution here in the USA, they have to stop looking at it so simply. A quick policy change by our gov isn't going to fix things. But that's what we all want. We dont want to look inward for solutions and change, we want someone else to do it for us.
That's 'Murica. Home of NASCAR, McDonalds, and the ever successful Kardashians. And we seriously wonder why our middle class is suffering? Really!?!?
Where are all the jobs? Oh yeah many CEOs have shipped them abroad and now the tax inversion deal for corporations are letting them pay a fraction of the taxes by moving their HQ abroad. It appears there is help on the way to stem this flow in the wrong direction.
Back in the late 80s my German friend's daughters went to high school on Saturdays for a half day because their work schedule was so full. Can you imagine tearing American kids away from their smartphones on Saturdays? Yeah right.
I buy certain "made in USA" products if the quality is top notch. But there's a flip side to being an aware consumer. Unfortunately, I can't do that with all products. All of my kitchen ware comes from France or Germany. They simply have the best standards for health. There are so many reasons we as a consumer should avoid most products from China that it is ludicrous to me that it would require impossible legislation to force people to buy elsewhere. I only buy European motorcycles because their quality is better than the Japanese counterparts. I typically only buy Japanese automobiles. Although I've owned German and British vehicles and been happy with both. Point is, I agree with u that America needs to keep its jobs here and we should spend our money here. But we gotta make better products for the consumer and that starts with a better workforce. The cultural shift required is overwhelming when u think about it.
We should all be aspiring to be our own CEOs. Small family owned businesses provide the best working environment and local economy.
Jaboroni wrote "Our education system has been under funded since the 70s. The last time our gov cared was during the 40s and 50s when we needed to be smarter than Russia"
I wasn't aware this is one of Obama's core beliefs. Great article but the bias is a little over the top.
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