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>Maybe the problem is you and not your lack of trust fund. says the guy who took a 4 week paid vacation. most americans dont get ANY paid vacation, those who

>Maybe the problem is you and not your lack of trust fund. says the guy who took a 4 week paid vacation. most americans dont get ANY paid vacation, those who do often cannot accrue it over time. you got to return to a job you kept, a home you likely kept, health care coverage that never ended, etc etc. this is simply not possible for the vast majority of people, your pull yourself up by your bootstraps argument mightve held weight if you werent an outlier.

thatfrenchguy 10y ago
How do you think other countries got paid vacation ? Mostly by electing nice politicians and going out in the street. But American people prefer Clinton and Trump, lol.
- advantark 10y ago
  Americans really do not prefer either candidate. Our political system is deeply screwed up. Saying something like "Just vote for the right people and everything will be better!" doesn't help us Americans because the system is both a two-party system and is heavily influenced by the rich. The two problems combined has really made our country less of a democracy and more of an oligarchy.
jayess 10y ago
Most Americans don't get any paid vacation? Source?
- alistairSH 10y ago
  The US is unique among OECD nations, in that it does not have any (as in zero) mandatory days off. Not a single national holiday and no required vacation.[1] Roughly 23% of Americans get no paid leave.[2] Furthermore, that 23% is almost exclusively located in the lower wage range. Vacation truly is a luxury for the rich in the United States. [1]http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-do-americans-have-less-vacation-than-anyone-else http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-do-americans-have-less-vacati... [2]http://www.epi.org/publication/millions-of-working-people-dont-get-paid-time-off-for-holidays-or-vacation/ http://www.epi.org/publication/millions-of-working-people-do...
dragonwriter 10y ago
From what I can tell, it's a quarter of American workers that get no paid vacation. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf

thatfrenchguy 10y ago

How do you think other countries got paid vacation ? Mostly by electing nice politicians and going out in the street. But American people prefer Clinton and Trump, lol.

advantark 10y ago
Americans really do not prefer either candidate. Our political system is deeply screwed up. Saying something like "Just vote for the right people and everything will be better!" doesn't help us Americans because the system is both a two-party system and is heavily influenced by the rich. The two problems combined has really made our country less of a democracy and more of an oligarchy.

jayess 10y ago

Most Americans don't get any paid vacation? Source?

alistairSH 10y ago
The US is unique among OECD nations, in that it does not have any (as in zero) mandatory days off. Not a single national holiday and no required vacation.[1] Roughly 23% of Americans get no paid leave.[2] Furthermore, that 23% is almost exclusively located in the lower wage range. Vacation truly is a luxury for the rich in the United States. [1]http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-do-americans-have-less-vacation-than-anyone-else http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-do-americans-have-less-vacati... [2]http://www.epi.org/publication/millions-of-working-people-dont-get-paid-time-off-for-holidays-or-vacation/ http://www.epi.org/publication/millions-of-working-people-do...

dragonwriter 10y ago

From what I can tell, it's a quarter of American workers that get no paid vacation. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf