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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Tough U.S. Model

Our standards are so tough:

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Tuesday that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, and dropping the continent's welfare model in favor of tougher U.S. standards would spark a revolution.

So apparently they are thinking about our model for some reason, but fear disaster.

If U.S. welfare standards were introduced in Europe, "we would have revolution, not tomorrow, but on the very same day," Schaeuble told a conference in Paris.

But, you know, the Swedes are already experiencing young people setting things on fire at night.

Maybe the Swedes should review our model and try it.
They're already dealing with arson and riot.
Maybe our way would bring some quiet.
Posted by John Enright at 11:02 PM

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