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People want Germany's 1,350 average annual working hours compared to America's average 1,765 hours, and then tax billionaires to make up the difference. Probab
by Workaccount2 1y ago
People want Germany's 1,350 average annual working hours compared to America's average 1,765 hours, and then tax billionaires to make up the difference.
Probably wouldn't work out well, but that is the shiny object they are transfixed on.
- OscarCunningham 1y agoThe PPP median income of the US is 36% higher than Germany. If they want 30% fewer working hours then they can have it now, and 6% left over.
- Workaccount2 1y agoGerman economic growth has been shrinking for decades and is now in decline (negative growth). Meanwhile the US has been chugging along at a steady 2-3% for that same time period. Ironically, PPP is exactly the kind of myopic metric Germany would use to self-access right now.