Toyota vs GM: just for laughs

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

I work from 8 am-9:30 pm 5 days a week and still can't pay all the bills.

It is true that Americans actually work among the most amount of hours per year.

In many European countries, such as Germany, they work only 32 hours a week (that's full time for them) and have like 6-8 weeks of vacation.

Many Americans are lucky to get 1 week off a year.

Germany's economy contracted last year and will contract still further in 2009. Their "social welfare" system is VERY expensive. We'll see how long they keep on getting those two months a year off for "holiday" while people in Asia work seven day weeks, live in dormitories and eat two meals a day until they burn out, get fired and are replaced by eager people from the countryside.

Gene