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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:15 AM Original message |
Hey! Serfs! Compare USA paid vacation, sick leave, & parental leave to other advanced nations. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. sheeeit, all i am asking for is a livable wage anymore. and a person able to find a job. nt |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:20 AM Original message |
really. Our sights are set so low anymore all we are asking is enough |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. Please, sir, I want some less. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
57. The American Workers cut their own throat. |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Unless you're a fat cat- paid holidays and vacation are pure communism |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hey did you know that in Greece ..... nt |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I know that in Greece |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Yes, in Greece |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Thanks for the great link. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thanks for the thread, Karmadillo. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. thanks for linking to that great post, i completely missed it the first time around |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Anytime. |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Tell me about it. My daughter is probably leaving for Germany this fall |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. There's a reason there is no Northern European migration to North America. nt |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. That's the price of a corporate-run government. |
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namahage (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks for the information. From your link: |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You're right. DU rules |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Healthy Bankster Act! Healthy Military Act! |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. +1, Agreed & Well Said! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. But..but..those nations don't have the most macho, supreme, military on the planet. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Hmmm, that's a good idea, let's pull out |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. USA USA! GO TEAM! nt |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. YOU'RE A SOCIALIST, A SOCIALIST, *puts fingers in ear* lala lala lala |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Yes. . .movies!. . .It may be because we need those to escape our reality! |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. You don't deserve vacation if you don't make enough money to afford one on your own. |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
37. And. . .those "paid vacations" are actually "double paid" vacations in several |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ironically, most of the nations kicking our ass are doing so because we |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. +10,000,000,000 eom |
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OJones (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. UGH |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. In Soviet Amerika depends on the outfit you work for. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. Do yo actually get to use it? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Pax Americana is expensive. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. paid leave = less competitive |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. decimated unions = fewer, and declining, benefits |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. not news, but |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. yes not news to some of us. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. And selfservative teabaggers will squeal "but they don't make as much money as we do!" |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yeah, rich in america is half a dozen homes, a dozen cars over there it might just be a couple of |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yet another one of my five dozen reasons why I want the hell out of this country |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. American work force has been treated like a cheap $2 whore for the better part of half a century |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. Ronald Reagan's legacy. nt |
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n.michigan (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
63. It is now the OBAMA Legacy- His coming Soc Sec "redo" will gut families already struggling. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. Americans just put up and put up... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. "it's not like we're losers or anything" We just pay more and get less... |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. In most developed countries, a cell phone costs about $10 a month. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Heaven forbid that we call these excessive costs a,... gasp, a tax. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Annoying Peasant... |
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DIKB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. People |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. i remember my time living in D.C. when i met quite a few foreign nationals |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. Look, capitalism loves nothing more then 13 cents per hour child labor! |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
41. Some questions about that chart.... |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The report , for your reading pleasure |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Get 3 weeks paid vacation and 9 holidays and 5 sick days,,, |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I'm not sure this entirely accurate. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #50 |
58. But they're not REQUIRED to |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Thanks, Lydia. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. I don't know where they get that "no paid holidays in Japan" data |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
43. In the UAE, I have 3 months + Religious Days- I usually have to work over |
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dballance (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. 10 Days? Are you kidding? Lucky to get 7 |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
45. We, the People, need to understand our commonality of interests. The Teabaggers are not being |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco in the 1960s. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
54. HELP ME with some data?!?!? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
55. Makes me glad I'm not an American worker... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. I think ACT gets Canberra day |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
56. Additional days off in Denmark |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. I'm fortunate |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
61. Sad. This makes our Country look very bad. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. LOTS of corporate practices make our country look very bad. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. we sure have been living in a big fat lie bubble |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
64. Better chart here and a link to a more detailed report |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
66. With more and more temp workers, |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. When you throw in the comparison of health care systems, |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. Dammit. This serf was too late to K&R. |
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