German unemployment highest since 1930's

[Filuwaúrdjan]

IIRC they've changed the way the figures are calculated (which increases the number of unemployed).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Good Lord... the usual three brain cell discussion about "Europe" and "Socialism"... in a minute Opebo will come along and say that being unemployed is a good thing...

Where's a certain Greenie from Frankfurt when you need him?
Oh well...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Regardless of whether socialism works or not,  this isn't "proof."  I can think of some capitalist countries that have failed too, meh.

Exactly.
Besides the German system is hardly socialist... true it's big on state stuff but, and can you all PLEASE try to understand this, state does NOT = Socialism.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Offline.

That's no excuse :-P

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Being unemployed in Germany is better than being employed in a larger percentage of the jobs in America.

Obviously I'd rather live in a land of free health care and generous unemployment benefits than in the land of scraping by with 3 WalMart/McDonalds style jobs.

Give up your citizenship then.  Please, you are a disgrace to this country.

Believe me, if I could swap American citizenship for citizenship in almost any Western European country, I would do so eagerly!

Actually, it is insanely easy to do.  Just go to any US consulate and formally renounce your US citizenship. 

You can learn how to become a British citizen here

It is not hard to learn how to gain citizenship in another nation.  If there is another nation you would like to learn about I will gladly help.

No, no, no, no... we don't want him over here... send him to Moldova instead...