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Old 07-15-2014, 09:48 AM
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I believe Germany was blessed with the early social contracts (sickness,
accident, old age and disability insurances) of the 1880s. The contracts are
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And, it HASN'T made them lazy at all, has it?

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Having a great export market did not hurt. Unfortunately that export market - southern Europe - is now broke.
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Old 07-15-2014, 09:59 AM
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The Germans are regimented, readily obey authority, and believe that German culture is superior. Since becoming a united people they have been Europe's strongest nation. Makes sense that their economy is the strongest in Europe.
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German history since Bismark is just too complex to condense into a few observations tho the contrast of the present to the first part of the 20th Century thru it's midpoint is remarkable.

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And, it HASN'T made them lazy at all, has it?

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That's because they are white.

White people can get government benefits without being lazy.
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German history since Bismark is just too complex to condense into a few observations tho the contrast of the present to the first part of the 20th Century thru it's midpoint is remarkable.

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The first compulsory health care system: 1883.
But that's so************************m!

That can't be why their economy is booming!
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That's because they are white.

White people can get government benefits without being lazy.
The rich, regardless of hue or political affiliation, receive the most government benefits.
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The Germans are regimented, readily obey authority, and believe that German culture is superior. Since becoming a united people they have been Europe's strongest nation. Makes sense that their economy is the strongest in Europe.
If we could just get them to stop invading France...
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^ They've learned the value of financial dominance.
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