[lbo-talk] European Welfare State

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 4 07:45:33 PDT 2010


[WS:] When was the last time you were in Europe, Carrol?

Wojtek

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> I'm way behind on my mail ; and have just read a few of the posts in this
> 'ancient' thread.
>
> Joanna writes: " While we might be wrong to think of the EU as a worker's
> paradise, it's really hard to imagine that the core EU is worse off than the
> U.S."
>
> I think if one _must_ indulge in comparisons of core capitalist nations with
> each other , perhaps the best criterion is how they t reat the children of
> aliens. I believe there are third-generation Turks in Germany who are still
> not citizens. That would seem to place the U.S. way above Germany in its
> culture and politics. Migrants are treated horribly in the U.S., as in all
> capitalist-core nations, but not nearly as horribly as they are treated in
> Europe.
>
> Carrol
>
>
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