Americans work more time. Our European office has more holidays and 20 days of vacation. I can't take a couple of days without feeling guilty. I heard France and other countries have like up to 30 days of vacation and it's illegal to not let employees use them. So we basically work harder and economy is getting worse. But it also makes sense. Not only because Americans would follow a cheap price off a cliff(Walmart) but the obscene amounts of money spent in the legal system or healthcare. Healthcare alone is like 20% of the GDP. Why are we investing so much in the healthcare system? Premiums are ridiculous. It doesn't make sense. We over-work ourselves, eat crap and pay through the nose to be that way. It's basically living a lower quality life than the Europeans and still thngs are getting worse. The average budget of a US hospital is 1 billion dollars. It's not any better than a French hospital but ten times more expensive. Give me a break. Lawyers charging $350/hour. Jesus. How can we have a good economy with so much dead weight?
