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Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan  @ Brutha
Are politics any better in Europe?
I'm half thinking of leaving the US. Our political system has gotten away from us. |
A lot of people in Germany will tell you that they are unhappy with the way politics are going.
One example: People who can't get a job get a minimum of 347€ + rent in wellfare benifits . They have to take job offers if there are any (if they decline the job offers they get less money).
People demostrate and claim that it is unhuman to pay them only that much.
Our political discuss happens on another level.
You don't need to be a millionaire to run for president in Germany because we have publically funded elections.
The campain spots you see on TV have a far lesser significance for the elections than those in America.
A election got won by saying NO to Irak war, and we are discussion whether we should have soldiers in Afganistan that help them building up (our german soldiers are stationed in the North/East and the war actions take part in the South).
I guess it depends on your critiera for better. I think our political system works better than the US system (I know a bit about what happens in the US through readering blogs and forums, but I have never lived there). You can read one of our news magazins in english to make yourself an impression:
International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Being 21 I have only lived in Germany and haven't left Europe in vacations so I can't compare living here vs. living elsewhere.