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Pretzel_Warrior

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10. Yes. Those are what I'm referring to.

Reply to pampango (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 03:07 PM

Feb 2014

I am lauding Germany's welfare state, higher taxes and worker protections.

There are a lot of systemic things about Germany that make wages there higher--not just union representation.

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Do American auto workers have an inferiority complex? VW workers get paid $67 an hour in Germany [View all] pampango Feb 2014 OP

Its difficult to compare the two countries dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #1

Not just that--completely different industrial policy Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #2

What is Germany''s industrial policy? pampango Feb 2014 #7

Yes. Those are what I'm referring to. Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #10

Agreed. pampango Feb 2014 #12

They also have no minimum wage. They have something MUCH better. Xithras Feb 2014 #16

One site estimate Germany's cost-of-living at about 15% higher than the US'. pampango Feb 2014 #4

That was just a illustration regarding differences in costs of living. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #6

For the se reason nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #8

Last time I was in the US, dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #11

I agree, it is really cheap nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #14

Yep, you have to index it to something in order to really compare it. Xithras Feb 2014 #13

I wonder if these idiots who voted no Politicalboi Feb 2014 #3

I used to work for an internet company arikara Feb 2014 #5

The world is watching as brainwashed American workers hand their future... polichick Feb 2014 #9

Your stats are off. former9thward Feb 2014 #15

They are not my stats. They're from the Guardian. I said in my post that figure did not look right. pampango Feb 2014 #17