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Originally Posted by GregE
Without those jobs we're fucked. Pure and simple.
Neither street sweepers nor Walmart cheerers pay income taxes.
Germany, by USA standards, is a socialist country and yet they have retained their industry and their jobs.
THAT is why they can afford socialized medicine and all of the other manifestations of a prosperous nation.
A country without decent jobs cannot do the same. This isn't about politics, it's about simple mathematics.
And common sense.
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There is a diffrence between Germany and the U.S. The govt of Germany wanted to make their country strong and in doing so they focused on making their people strong.. Ie good jobs, social health care ect.. They worried about making themselves strong from the inside out.. But they are really not strong on the world playing field.
The U.S. Govt on the other hand dosn't care about making this country strong from within, because they are more interested in projecting power abroad. It doesn't matter so much what people here make or if they have Heath care.. Th govt makes it's money by projecting power in the form of military and consumerism. Taking care of the people in your own country isn't needed when the only thing that matters is world wide economic power and the ability to secure that power by military force..