you had a heyday ??
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> Any idea what the comparable figures would be for Germany or France?
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the figures for Germany are being massaged similar to the UK's during
Thatchers reign, unemployed are being encouraged to take govmnt
'training schemes' or become self employed with state subsidies,
anything to get them off the unemployed rolls.Not a good sign.
Siemens is threatening, perhaps it has already done so, to outsource,
and the recent negotiations at Daimler Chrysler will corrode labours
power, looks like we should all move to Denmark or join Mathias in Norway.
Unemployment benefits in Germany would still make a Wallmart associate
drool.
Gary? ride si sapis