and one benefit is that they get much more vacation than the US.
“and one benefit is that they get much more vacation than the US.”
Yes, and it is FORCED. In other words, the government mandate for more vacation time actually makes everyone take that time. They are not allowed to chose to be more productive.
Their government mandate of all of those “benefits” has led to an average “middle class lifestyle” that rivals the US lifestyle of welfare recipients. If you are an average working American family, your house is likely 2x bigger than the average Europeans. You have 2x the number of cars and your cars are bigger. You have more TV’s. You have better climate control, namely you actually HAVE airconditioning in your home. Your house sits on bigger lots...and on and on and on.
When you hamper productivity, you hamper lifestyle. Yet, their cost of living is higher......
Yay, for Democratic Socialism....