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[quote=Anonymous]I lived in Germany in the early 90s and was hospitalized in a German hospital for gallbladder removal. The German medical system kept me hospitalized for 4 days, while in the States, patients undergoing gallbladder removal had outpatient surgery. The German surgeon who did my surgery said the German medical system was unsustainable and too costly overall. He said he didn’t know how much longer it could be maintained.

The German women in our village had babies and were paid to stay home for 2 years, and at the end of the 2 years went back to work at their jobs their employer had to keep for them while they were home with their babies. Any raises and promotions they would have been due were automatically paid to them once they resumed work.

Turkish immigrants basically moved to Germany and received free housing, food, cash payments. They didn’t work and many sold drugs and made a lot of money while collecting benefits from the German government.

Germans don’t have ac or window screens. Their homes are unbearably hot and humid in summer. If you open windows for airflow, masses of large black flies invade even the cleanest of homes. You must own a tiny, cold water only washer that is only capable of washing small loads. I had a regular American washer and dryer and the German women in my neighborhood were covetous and jealous of the ability to wash more than 3 pairs of jeans in one load. These were highly educated women married to men with professional jobs. They all owned their own homes, a rarity in Germany. They had families of 2-3 kids they stuffed in tiny, fuel efficient cars like sardines.

We traveled extensively and loved Europe but the lifestyle is not comparable to living in the States. Someone a few pages back said the standard of living in Germany is better. I don’t think the people posting here would like to have a small, cold water washer, a tiny car for their family, no screens on windows and all insects flying in at will, no ability to keep their homes cool in summer. It would drive the people that post here nuts to live that way. [/quote]

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