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Originally Posted by UniqueD
I'm not sure where that figure came from but its incorrect. Spain is at 26%, perhaps 55% within a certain age group, 18-30 or something.
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What difference does it make what the actual % is? Both countries have had retarded unemployment numbers for decades.
I remember the first time I was in Barcelona, woke up and went out in the morning and was instantly struck by how slow everything moved. How slow people moved. Everyone even walking down the street were walking like they had nowhere to go and nowhere to be. That night in my hotel room, I started pulling up their economic data, unemployment numbers and had to laugh. Was pretty clear to me, at least at first glance that there were cultural problems driving unemployment, not legislative.
A lot of Europe is like this. Not saying that people shouldn't slow down and appreciate life, but you can't grow a competitive economy with 30hr work weeks, 2 hr lunch breaks and 2 months a year paid vacation, 6 months+ maternity leave and so on, either... and all with the notion that its government that needs to make it all better while at the same time, hating anyone in a position of authority when at the core, the issue is a nations drive to succeed by rolling up their sleeves and working harder. IF you aren't that nation, if you aren't that culture/society, you ultimately lose to those that are. End of story.