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To: Sully- who wrote (60707)	7/5/2007 5:37:38 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 90947

As Europe's workers take a few weeks of holiday this summer, their American colleagues will be lucky to get a few days off work, says a report published by the European Trade Union Institute. Finland, followed by France, offers working people the most statutory vacation, at more than six weeks per year, the report, an international snapshot of how much paid leave people get by law and in practice in 21 countries, says. The United States is the only country where employees have no statutory leave, and they get about half as much time off in reality as Europeans get, according to the report, compiled by the Washington-based Centre for Economic Policy Research. "The United States is in a class of its own," the report says. "It is the no-vacation nation." Andrew Watt, an economist at the Brussels-based European Trade Union Institute, said the report not only highlighted a conscious decision to ensure more free time in Europe. It also showed the errors many economists make when saying U.S. productivity and economic output is better than Europe's. Canada and Japan, which require employers to give at least 10 days paid leave to their staff, are less generous than the Europeans, who get at least four weeks by law and often much more in practice, the report said. In the United States, leave was generally harder to secure for people in low-pay and part-time jobs, it added. Then Why does Clinton who works part time get so many great free vacations?

To: Sully- who wrote (60707)	7/5/2007 5:39:37 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

No Wonder They Don’t Mind Higher Taxes… By Texas Rainmaker on Abortion …apparently they don’t pay them anyway. <<< War tax resistance, popularized by Henry David Thoreau in the 19th century and by singer Joan Baez and others during the Vietnam War, is gaining renewed interest among peace activists upset over the Iraq war. “Clearly this year we definitely had more people calling, sending e-mails about how they decided to start resisting,” said Ruth Benn, coordinator of the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee in New York. Based on the committee’s mailing list and reports from numerous groups it works with around the country, Benn estimates 8,000 to 10,000 Americans refuse to pay some or all of their federal taxes over war objections. Internal Revenue Service officials say they don’t have figures for that specific category, but earlier this year reported an overall noncompliance rate of 16.3 percent and estimated the annual tax gap at about $345 billion. >>> Leave it to liberals to protest the government funding those who protect Americans from criminals who target innocent victims, while fully supporting government-funded killing of innocent lives [see Planned Parenthood link below]. feeds.feedburner.com apnews.myway.com en.wikipedia.org