You (Americans) should treasure the existence of the minimum wage. One of the black spots on our otherwise rather generous social framework here in Germany is t

You (Americans) should treasure the existence of the minimum wage. One of the black spots on our otherwise rather generous social framework here in Germany is that there exists no minimum wage. I don't know if the lack of a minimum wage has contributed to the failure of Walmart here, but they did sell all their stores because they weren't competitive. Working at a Walmart probably pays better than many of the jobs at ultra-cheap supermarkets in Germany (Lidl, Real). I'm not saying that it pays enough, but at least you all can take some pride in the fact that a minimum wage is in place.