A tax code worthy of American emulation.

[DevoBill]

Black Landlord wrote:
[quote=DevoBill]
I can only speak for Germans I knew ( I lived in Germany for two years) they were only happy because of all the drugs and drinking they were doing. Some were happy with the career options selected for them at age twelve. Yes very happy indeed.

I lived in Germany for 6 years, "on the economy" as you folks would say. I felt very sorry for the americans living in their little american McMayberries, completely "protected" from learning anything about a foreign culture.
Just curious-- how did you meet these germans you knew?
I made friends all over, some friends of friends, some were the other renters in the building, going to the annual volksmarches around, going out drinking, I made some good friends over coffee at the local coffee house. One I almost brought home. Some were thirty somethings still in college because they still could be, some were out working from being a auto mechanic, to clerking in a shop. All of them were very much settled on the fact that being working poor is as good as it gets, so there is no point in dreaming of anything better. Like I said Very happy indeed.