[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('VMarcHart', 'Y')ep, having to give up that 3rd Rolls-Royce and the second chalet in Gstaad is a real pain.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MarkJ', 'W')e have a large financial gap within my own family as well. We have aunts, uncles, cousins and step siblings with no jobs, no homes, no savings, no assets, no investments and tons of past/current debt. They've blown every dollar they've ever made, blown every dollar they were ever given, sold/mortgaged every property they were ever given and blown every opportunity they ever received.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', ' ')why work if you could get almost the same standard of living by being a unemployed social disfunct idiot?

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', ' ')Some posters should please explain to me why the motivated hard working disciplined employee should pay for those folks decribed above through high taxes and wealth re-distribution?

[VMarcHart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', 'A')s a German you get hammered by taxes like there's no tomorrow. If you are a well educated unmarried professional (not banker millionaire), you fork over 70% of your income. That is not good, because it begs the question, why work if you could get almost the same standard of living by being a unemployed social disfunct idiot?

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '
')So I'm guessing the vast majority of Germans don't work, since it's just as comfortable being unemployed.

Here in the US, unemployed people get free houses, food, cars, medical care, and get paid for having extra children. So most of us don't work except the really good people who support the rest of us freeloaders.

[VMarcHart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', ' ')why work if you could get almost the same standard of living by being a unemployed social disfunct idiot?

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('VMarcHart', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', 'A')s a German you get hammered by taxes like there's no tomorrow. If you are a well educated unmarried professional (not banker millionaire), you fork over 70% of your income. That is not good, because it begs the question, why work if you could get almost the same standard of living by being a unemployed social disfunct idiot?

[VMarcHart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', 'I')f you make $100k and pay $50k in taxes and the lazy asshole next door lives on $20k wellfare. Does it bother you? Maybe not, you've got job satisfaction. What if you pay $70k in taxes and he gets $30k in wellfare? And he gets to hang out at the bar everyday while you work 10 hour days. Still don't bother you? There's a point everybody breaks.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', ' ')There's a point everybody breaks.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I')f taxes are too high in countries with high taxes, we should see huge numbers of people stop working in order to collect free living. Is that happening? I don't know if it is or not.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', ' ')local farmers have a hard time finding farm hands.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'o')r the wage being offered is not competitive with either free stuff from welfare,

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', '
')I would want to be paid at least $250k/year plus paid 5 week vacation + 401k + retirement package.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '
')I'm not sure what your point is - I guess I can try to figure it out. You think people should not get unemployment benefits as long as there is any work available? Maybe?

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'D')o we all have to live like millionaires? What the hell would that do to the environment?

Give Joe 6 Pack a million bucks and see what happens. Bass boat, ATV, big box house, new truck.....

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '
')I'm not sure what your point is - I guess I can try to figure it out. You think people should not get unemployment benefits as long as there is any work available? Maybe?

[VMarcHart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', 'L')ike everybody else, I will go the easiest road possible. If that road means I'm allowed to wait for my dream job to come along and collect, I will do that.

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') give you one example. We got high unemplyoment in our state. However local farmers have a hard time finding farm hands. Is that the way it's supposed to be?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', 'I') would want to be paid at least $250k/year plus paid 5 week vacation + 401k + retirement package. Unfortunately it's not about what I want to be paid. It's about the market value of my skills and competition.
Or asked the other way around. Are you willing to pay $50 per gallon of milk at the market to support my salary demands?