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15. Your stats are off.

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 03:22 PM

Feb 2014

Germans make $67 in wages and benefits. You just included wages for Americans. With benefits Americans make $34 an hour. German autoworkers don't strike so the auto industry is much more stable. Also the German Constitution mandates 'work councils' in workplaces which means there is far less conflict than in American factories.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2011/12/21/germany-builds-twice-as-many-cars-as-the-u-s-while-paying-its-auto-workers-twice-as-much/

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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

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

Your stats are off. former9thward Feb 2014 #15