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       Saturday, August 26, 2006

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Unemployed still vacationing too much in Germany

Most American working stiffs could only dream of having the three week paid vacation that the German long-term unemployed get. If they had the time to dream about stuff like that, that is. But all pleasant dreams, even those here in Germany, must sooner or later come to an end. Yup, it looks as though more of those infamous and dreaded Amerikanische Verhältnisse (American conditions) are not only creeping into the German working world Schritt für Schritt, they’ve begun creeping into the German non-working world now, too.

Native politicians are getting so bold these days that they are actually proposing a stunning Tabubruch (break of taboo) and want to cut vacation entirely for the long-term unemployed this fall. How shocking (not).

Cutting vacation for a German is the equivalent of I-CAN’T-BRING-MYSELF-TO-PRINT-THIS-HERE-IT’S-JUST-TOO-HORRIBLE-TO-CONTEMPLATE for other citizens of the world. It’s cruel and inhuman. It’s like Guantanamo or something.

But these guys obviously haven’t thought this one through. If a German can’t go on vacation, he has no incentive to work. And if he can’t even go on vacation while he’s unemployed, well, than there’s no point in him being unemployed in the first place. Wait a minute. Maybe they did think this one through.

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