A Good Economic Model for US: Germany - La Cueva

David Macray points out there's a good economic model out there for either OCCUPY or the Left in general to seize: Germany. Why? Look at the following facts:

• It has one-percent of the world's population but produces 10-percent of its exports, a truly remarkable stat. The reason is they make things--like we used to.
• About 25-percent of its workforce is unionized (over double what we have in the US).
• German politicians don't make a career out of bashing unions.
• It has had at least a rudimentary form of universal healthcare since--gasp--1848!
• Its educational and public transportation systems are first-rate.

What Macray doesn't mention is that selling Germany to certain segments of the population is a whole lot easier than, say, France. No one can ever accuse the German people of being lightweights/pussies/name your term. That would be like calling Clint Eastwood a socialist/wayward hippie/etc---even after last Sunday's commerical...

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/10-0