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0 pointsoblio6y ago0 comments

> Getting double the vacation time (6 weeks instead of 3) when I moved from the US to Germany was very nice, but going back I'll have 5 weeks, which isn't too bad.

I keep hearing this. Yes, you will get 5 weeks. But what about your wife, your uncle, your friends? In Germany they're all guaranteed to have the same number of days off, access to healthcare, etc. When you have kids you have a bunch of weeks/months off before the child is born and more after.

In the US, as long as you're young, healthy, rich and selfish, life is grand :D

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tomp6y ago

But that's the point of US, no? It's the best country for the best people. So, the best people go to the US... (well, many at least... I'm still holding out... for now, I value European way of life but I envy US political & legal systems, in particular their freedom of speech).

oblioOP6y ago

You can can't have 300 million best people. You can't even have 100 million.

And once someone acquires citizenship, their descendants can't lose it, provided it's their only citizenship.

midgetjones6y ago

This is the funniest thing I've ever read on HN

TulliusCicero6y ago

Nitpick: the number of vacation days in Germany does vary a bit, though by much less than in the US.

Agreed, I'd love it if all Americans were entitled to 5 or 6 weeks of vacation, plus the various other benefits that are standard in most of western Europe. Unfortunately, the GOP exists, so that's not happening anytime soon.

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