Germany... Why is it the EU powerhouse?

[TOM4CWB]

How Germany Became Europe's Richest Country
PBS

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[wilagro]

Das ist goodt...in Canada we have expertise as well but we prefer to import Chinese made junk and export our cheap natural resources to the rest of the world to refine/develop and create wealth from. If we have something good then it is for sale to whoever wants it and our Canadian government usually okays the foreign take-over as a matter of course.

We have lost iron ore smelting, nickel extraction and refining, coal mining, and nearly all of our major petro-chemical industries to foreigners over the past eighty years.

Successive Federal and Provincial governments have sold us out bit by bit and will continue to do so as long as we keep voting for the same stupid politicos. We need some men/women with the interests of Canada as their paramount responsibility.

[cottonpicken]

When germany recaps its banks it will be in as bad of
shape as the us.

[fjlip]

Yes that sums the reasons for their success and leadership. Exports make an economy, imports kill jobs.
Wow, Trumpf owes nobody! That is unheard of in N.A., debt is rampant.
I wonder what German house hold debt is like?
In the video you can see how CLEAN everything is in the factories. That indicates attention to detail.
The whole country is clean.
Others could learn a lot. Such different work ethics we all have.

[highwayman]

The reality of the situation is individuals like
burbot and willy aren't interested in
acknowledging any of the numerous lucrative
nearby or future pricing opportunities. They are
only content to bitch and moan and preach the
sky will fall in fear that their neighbor might
achieve something better than they have. It is
great to see wheat and durum finally performing
as the cash crops they should. For the first time in
my 32 years of farming I can use our wheat and
durum crops to meet our cash flow needs in the
same fashion we use the rest of the crops we
grow. If the CWB truly desires to succeed the first
order of business should be to remove the
arrogant ideology that still lingers their from the
single desk Gestapo. And if it should fail, who
gives a rats ass.

[tubs]

when have you guys heard about german labor strikes. there seem to be a better relation ship between owners and employees. here most people bitch about their work and if there is alittle slowdown companies lay people of right away.

[highwayman]

Oops wrong thread. Don't know how it got here

[parsley]

1.Impecable work ethic
2. Intelligent, not just smart, people
3. Education focused on engineering , science
and math
4. Commonality of purpose to rebild
5.Traits that encourage wealth creation: Self-
disciple, focus, and industry. Strive for ideal.

[hedgehog]

german banks major on backing industry,not property speculation, thats why they are way ahead of US,CANADA,UK.

[farmaholic]

Parsley: Don't forget good looking too!