And (stupid?) sources of these commentaries keep forgetting that Germany and France (but AFAIK mostly Germany) are footing majority of "european" expenses. German workers are the ones willing to tolerate lower wages so that others will be able to develop and compete with them easier.
I mean think of it - these guys dug themselves out of shit, while bailing out the rest of Europe. Using mostly common sense and hard work. They also had a retirement plan reforms, which changed retirement from 65 to 67 (!!!!!) for men and they took it with grace, no riots no thrashing of commonwealth (Greece? France??).
Disclaimer: I am not German, but I wish that my national leaders would have the integrity and vision of German leaders.
Most of the time they do have the vision, but the problem is that every proposed reform is heavily objected to by the unions, pensioners, students and so on. For example, flat tax rate reform proposal under previous government, then the pension reform last year. It's always the same: large population groups (pensioners, students, state-payroll workers) do not want to give up those privileges ...
unions, pensioners, students, etc... got their own leaders which are defrauding the people they should lead.
Thats the difference between Germany and the rest of the Europe. Maybe in industry the fact that workers get to share the board with investors help, I don't know. But I know that Germans manage to not shit in their plate time and again.
Be careful what you wish for. Not only lasts the current German boom on the shoulders of Spain, Greece and so on but also on millions of workers whose salery has to be filled with federal money each month. Which means none other that the current earnings of companies are subsidized by taxes or better: social welfare.
And (stupid?) sources of these commentaries keep forgetting that Germany and France (but AFAIK mostly Germany) are footing majority of "european" expenses. German workers are the ones willing to tolerate lower wages so that others will be able to develop and compete with them easier.
I mean think of it - these guys dug themselves out of shit, while bailing out the rest of Europe. Using mostly common sense and hard work. They also had a retirement plan reforms, which changed retirement from 65 to 67 (!!!!!) for men and they took it with grace, no riots no thrashing of commonwealth (Greece? France??).
Disclaimer: I am not German, but I wish that my national leaders would have the integrity and vision of German leaders.